Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "ice"

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    • Arctic Report Card: update for 2012 (NOAA 2012) 

      National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2012)
      What's new in 2012? New records set for low snow extent and sea ice extent, and for widespread ice sheet melting, despite air temperatures - a key cause of melting - being unremarkable relative to the last decade. Multiple ...

    • Global glacier changes: facts and figures 

      United Nations Environment Programme and World Glacier Monitoring Service (UNEP, 2008)
      Glaciers are a critical component of the earth system. This report shows how the current accelerated melting and retreat of glaciers have severe impacts on the environment.

    • Global outlook for ice and snow 

      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2007)
      This publication provides an up-to-date, concise review of the state of the environment and the trends in ice and snow-covered regions (cryosphere) of the world. It features case studies, illustrations, graphics and maps ...

    • Melting Ice: A Hot Topic: Climate Change and the Cryosphere - Our Planet May 2007 

      United Nations Environment Programme (United Nations Environment Programme, 2007)
      This is the United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine.

    • Planet in peril: Atlas of current threats to people and the environment 

      United Nations Environment Programme; GRID-Arendal (UNEP, 2006)
      This Atlas illustrates through texts and beautifully rendered maps, graphics and diagrams a holistic and well-researched analysis of today’s global issues and their impact on human population and the environment. Written ...

    • Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere. 

      The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (AMAP, 2011)

    • Tore and the town on thin ice 

      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2006)
      A children's environmental storybook based on the theme of climate change and on what children can do to mitigate effects of climate change. Tore and the Town on Thin Ice is part of the Tunza Environmental Series for Children.

    • Tunza vol. 5 no. 1: meltdown 

      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2007)
      UNEP magazine for youth.

    • UNEP Year Book 2010 

      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2010)
      The UNEP Yearbook 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and within six chapters the Year Book addresses the following: In 2009, efforts to advance international environmental governance focused on defining ...