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Spuren der Eiszeit: Landschaftsformen in Mitteleuropa [Traces of the Ice Age: Landscape Forms in Central Europe]

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By: Wolfgang Fraedrich(Author)
159 pages, 78 b/w illustrations
Spuren der Eiszeit: Landschaftsformen in Mitteleuropa [Traces of the Ice Age: Landscape Forms in Central Europe]
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Language: German

In the present time, we have been living in an ice age for about 2.5 million years, a terrestrial era in which there is ice on the earth and the curve of the global medium temperature is subject to considerable fluctuations (current trend: temperature rise). With almost 16 million square kilometers, about ten percent of the land area is currently covered with glacier ice – and glacier ice contributes significantly to landscaping. This compact textbook sharpenes the eye for such landscapes. It makes the forms and the shaping processes understandable, which the author portrays with numerous regional examples, especially from Central Europe, such as the North German Deep Plane and the Alpine Foreland, but also from Iceland. What traces have the glaciers and their meltwater left behind? Which forming processes can be observed? How can we reconstruct recent climatic history, especially that of the Ice Age?

The focus is on current developments in glaciated areas and also a look into the (climate) future of the earth. For example, the question as to what influence glaciers have on sea level and on future climate change. The natural processes, such as the ice age cycles, for which there are various ice age hypotheses, and anthropogenic influences in global warming must be weighed against each other.

Exercise questions help to deepen the understanding.

Summary in German:
Derzeit leben wir seit rund 2,5 Millionen Jahren in einem Eiszeitalter, einer erdgeschichtlichen Epoche, in der es Eis auf der Erde gibt und in der die Kurve der globalen Mitteltemperatur deutlichen Schwankungen unterliegt (aktueller Trend: Temperaturanstieg). Mit knapp 16 Millionen Quadratkilometern ist rund zehn Prozent der Landfläche zurzeit mit Gletschereis bedeckt – und Gletschereis trägt maßgeblich zur Gestaltung von Landschaften bei. Dieses kompakte Lehrbuch schärft den Blick für solche Landschaften. Es macht die Formen und die Formungsprozesse verständlich, die der Autor an zahlreichen regionalen Beispielen insbesondere aus Mitteleuropa, wie der Norddeutschen Tiefebene und dem Alpenvorland, aber auch aus Island veranschaulicht. Welche Spuren haben die Gletscher und ihre Schmelzwässer hinterlassen? Auf welche Formungsprozesse kann man schließen? Wie lässt sich die jüngere Klimageschichte, insbesondere die des Eiszeitalters, rekonstruieren?

Spannend ist der Blick auf aktuelle Entwicklungen in vergletscherten Gebieten und auch ein Blick in die (Klima-)Zukunft der Erde. So stellt sich beispielsweise die Frage, welchen Einfluss Gletscher auf den Meeresspiegel und auf zukünftige Klimaänderungen haben. Dabei gilt es die natürlichen Prozesse wie die Eiszeitzyklen, wozu es diverse Eiszeitentstehungshypothesen gibt, und anthropogene Einflüsse bei der globalen Erwärmung gegeneinander abzuwägen.

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Textbook
By: Wolfgang Fraedrich(Author)
159 pages, 78 b/w illustrations
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