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KNIGHT, P. G. (ed.) 2006. Glacier Science and Environmental Change.

xiv + 527 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. Price £125.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 4051 0018 4.

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In the last decade the burgeoning field of glaciology has seen the publication of several textbooks that demonstrate the subject’s interdisciplinary nature, and its increasing importance in the context of understanding global environmental change. Hence, practitioners frequently need updates and syntheses of key topics within the field. Therefore, the glaciological community will find Glacier Science and Environmental Change especially welcome.

The book is divided into five parts, each with a keynote introduction by a leading specialist, followed by topical reviews and case studies, together totalling no less than 92 contributions. The major themes are: glaciers and their coupling with hydraulic and sedimentary processes; glaciers, oceans, atmosphere and climate; changing glaciers and their role in earth surface evolution; glacier composition, mechanics and . . . [Full Text of this Article]