TY  - CHAP
AU  - Yanan Li
AU  - Xiaoyu Lu
AU  - Yingkui Li
ED  - Danilo Godone
Y1  - 2017-10-04
PY  - 2017
T1  - A Review on the Little Ice Age and Factors to Glacier Changes in the Tian Shan, Central Asia
N2  - Glaciers have always played an important role in human history, and currently, they are carefully observed as climate change sentinels. Glacier melt rate is increasing, and its mass balance is continuously negative. This issue deserves accurate and in-depth studies in order to, adequately, monitor its state. This circumstance in fact endangers the water supply, affecting human settlements but also creating new environments allowing the colonization by pioneer communities and the formation of new landscapes. This book is subdivided into two main sections in order to deal with the two topics of worldwide research on glaciers and ecology in glacial environments. In the first one "Glaciers in the World," several reviews and studies are collected. It is an overview of glaciers, their state, and research carried out in different continents and contexts. The second section "Glacial Ecosystems" focuses, on the other hand, on glacier environments and ecological researches.
BT  - Glacier Evolution in a Changing World
SP  - Ch. 2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70044
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.70044
SN  - 978-953-51-3544-9
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-24
ER  -