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Changing Cold Environments: A Canadian Perspective


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Content:
Chapter 1 Cold Canada and the Changing Cryosphere (pages 1–25): Hugh French and Olav Slaymaker
Chapter 2 The Late Quaternary Glaciation of Northern Canada (pages 26–47): David Evans
Chapter 3 The Evolution of Polar Desert and Tundra Ecosystems (pages 48–65): Konrad Gajewski
Chapter 4 Remote Sensing and Canadian Snow Climatology (pages 66–86): Richard Kelly
Chapter 5 The Changing Climates (pages 87–104): Roger Barry and Mark Serreze
Chapter 6 Snow and Runoff: Processes, Sensitivity and Vulnerability (pages 105–125): Ming?Ko Woo and John Pomeroy
Chapter 7 Permafrost Distribution and Stability (pages 126–146): Chris Burn
Chapter 8 Sea Ice in Canada (pages 147–162): David Barber and Jennifer Lukovich
Chapter 9 Lake and River Ice in Canada (pages 163–181): Terry Prowse
Chapter 10 Climate Change and the Central Canadian Treeline (pages 183–199): Glen Macdonald
Chapter 11 Geomorphic Change in Northern Canada (pages 200–221): Hugh French
Chapter 12 Geomorphic Change in Canada's Temperate Mountains (pages 222–246): Olav Slaymaker
Chapter 13 Risk from Cold?climate Hazards in the Canadian Cordillera (pages 247–266): Jim Gardner
Chapter 14 Societal Aspects of Changing Cold Environments (pages 267–300): Gita Laidler
Chapter 15 The Changing Canadian Cryosphere, Globalization and Global Environmental Change (pages 301–312): Olav Slaymaker and Hugh French


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