Sea Ice
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Sea Ice

Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Societal Importance

  1. 958 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sea Ice

Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Societal Importance

About this book

New edition of the leading resource on the Arctic and Southern Oceans with contributions from the world's experts on sea ice

Sea Ice delivers insights into the very latest understanding of sea ice dynamics, how we measure (and model) its extent, the ecosystems that depend on sea ice, and the effect of climate change on its distribution. The book also discusses how sea ice influences the oceanography of underlying waters and the influence that sea ice has on the world's climate.

This newly revised and updated Fourth Edition looks at ice-based food webs and the impact on global geopolitics as well as changes in human activity in the Arctic.

Written by a team of more than 80 of the world's leading experts from 13 countries, Sea Ice includes information on:

  • Sea ice thickness distribution and snow and surface processes on sea ice
  • The short-term and long-term dynamics of Arctic versus Antarctic Sea ice
  • Current methods of satellite remote sensing of sea ice
  • The ecology of sea ice, from microbes to mammals to marine birds
  • The cycling of contaminants across the ocean-sea ice-atmosphere interface

In its new edition, Sea Ice remains the leading multidisciplinary resource on the subject for all policy makers, researchers, and students with an interest in the polar regions and their role in the world's oceanic systems.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781394213733
eBook ISBN
9781394213740
Edition
4
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. 1. Sea ice thickness distribution
  9. 2. Snow on sea ice and how it varies through the seasons
  10. 3. Sunlight and sea ice ā€“ optical properties
  11. 4. Sea ice from an engineerā€™s perspective
  12. 5. Methods of satellite remote sensing of sea ice
  13. 6. The rise and fall of Antarctic sea ice: Large-scale variability
  14. 7. The fitful decline of Arctic sea ice
  15. 8. Sea ice and Arctic Ocean oceanography
  16. 9. Oceanography and sea ice in the Southern Ocean
  17. 10. Sea ice in Earth System Models
  18. 11. Phyloecology of sea ice bacteria and archaea
  19. 12. Primary production associated with sea ice
  20. 13. Sea ice food webs in transition
  21. 14. Marine mammals and sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic
  22. 15. Sea ice: A seabird world of its own
  23. 16. Nutrients and organic matter dynamics in sea ice
  24. 17. Gas dynamics in sea ice
  25. 18. Sea ice, aerosols and clouds
  26. 19. Cycling of contaminants across the oceanā€“sea iceā€“snowā€“atmosphere interface
  27. 20. Numerical models of sea ice biogeochemistry
  28. 21. Paleo sea ice reconstruction in the Southern Ocean: Ancient warm periods
  29. 22. Sea ice in Arctic marginal seas
  30. 23. Itā€™s all about the happy people: A tale of joy and life around the sea ice
  31. 24. Geopolitics of sea ice
  32. Index
  33. EULA