Climate change is happening faster and in a dramatically more visible way in the Earth's cryosphere than anywhere else on earth. Cryosphere is defined as elements of the Earth system containing water in its frozen state. The average temperature has risen here at over twice the global mean in the Arctic, Antarctic Peninsula, and much of the Himalayas and other mountain regions. This report summarizes the changes already being observed in the following...
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2013/10/01
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Other Environmental Study
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82409
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2
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2013/11/03
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Disclosed
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Executive summary
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black carbon
Citation
Bodin, Svante; Nordberg, Lars; Pearson, Pam; Pettus, Ashley.
On thin ice : how cutting pollution can slow warming and save lives (Vol. 2 of 2) : Executive summary (Russian). Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/996741468162248149