found: Work cat.: 2006032075: Slaymaker, O. The cryosphere and global environmental change, 2007.
found: Babylon WWW site, Sept. 26, 2006(Cryosphere; also known as the chinosphere, is frozen water in the form of snow, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), floating ice, and glaciers. The cryosphere is one of the interrelated components of the Earth's (or similar planetary body) system. Fluctuations in the volume of the cryosphere cause changes in ocean sea-level, which directly impact the atmosphere, climate and biosphere)
found: NSIDC glossary WWW site, Sept. 26, 2006(one of the earth's spheres of irregular form existing in the zone of interaction of the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere, distinguished by negative or zero temperature and the presence of water in the solid or super-cooled state; the term refers collectively to the portions of the earth where water is in solid form, including snow cover, floating ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, seasonally frozen ground and perennially frozen ground (permafrost))
found: Wikipedia, Sept. 26, 2006.
