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Antarctica : Global Science from a Frozen Continent.
A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica's central role in global scientific research.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Contributors; Introduction; 1 Discovering the unknown continent; Finding the poles; The Heroic Age; Enlightened imperialism; International Geophysical Year: the turning point in Antarctic affairs; International science; Imagining Antarctica; 2 A keystone in a changing world; A hidden landscape; A sleeping giant; Birth of Gondwana; Antarctica: a keystone of ancient Gondwana; A land of fire; Gondwana breakup; A jigsaw puzzle: rotating microcontinents; Ring of fire; West Antarctic Rift System; Changing greenhouse-icehouse worlds; A changing world; Future challenges. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3 Ice with everythingAntarctic ice in the global water cycle; Why drill in the ice?; Is Antarctica reacting to climate change?; 4 Climate of extremes; The Earth's radiation budget; Global atmospheric circulation; Solar radiation: warming the atmosphere; The near surface temperature of the Antarctic: why is Antarctica so cold?; Wind: why is Antarctica so windy?; Precipitation: why is Antarctica so dry?; Weather forecasting in the Antarctic; Climate change in the Antarctic; The Antarctic ozone hole; Global climate modelling and global warming; 5 Stormy and icy seas; The geographical setting. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Winds and weatherWater mass formation; The flow of ocean water under the ice shelves; The large-scale distribution of water masses in the Southern Ocean; Frontal systems; The Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Subpolar gyres; The role of the Southern Ocean in the global climate system; Sea ice and polynyas; Bottom water formation; Biogeochemical properties; Variations and changes; Observation methods; Conclusions; 6 Life in a cold environment; Life in the pelagic zone; Birds; Seals; Whales; The open ocean; Marine benthic ecosystems; The deep-sea benthos; Recruitment and dispersal. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Wide bathymetric ranges (eurybathy)Macroalgae; Terrestrial ecosystems; Terrestrial biota; Freshwaters; Biological history and colonisation processes; Climate change and other human impacts; Biological introductions; Climate change and other human impacts; Biological consequences of environmental change; The global importance of Antarctica; 7 Space science research from Antarctica; Introduction; Earth's space environment; Solar-terrestrial research in Antarctica; Beyond Earths space environment; To the future in space science research; 8 Living and working in the cold. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 9 Scientists together in the coldEarly steps in Antarctic collaboration; The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR); Key SCAR scientific achievements; SCAR products; Science and policy; SCAR and the Fourth International Polar Year (2007-09); 10 Managing the frozen commons; A lawless century: the early years of sealing and whaling; The sectorial claims and the problems between the UK, Argentina and Chile; Increasing international interest; The birth of the Antarctic Treaty; The evolution of the Antarctic Treaty and its role in environmental management; The dramatic 1980s. | |
| 500 | |a The growth and management of fishing through CCAMLR. | ||
| 520 | |a A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica's central role in global scientific research. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-332) and index. | ||
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