Antarctica : global science from a frozen continent /

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Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth - a place for adventure and a key area for global science. Research conducted there has received increasing international attention due to concerns over destruction of the ozone layer and the problem of global warming and melting ice shelves. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Walton, D. W. H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Discoveries in geography.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
Antarctique > Découverte et exploration.
Antarctica.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Discovering the unknown continent / David W.H. Walton
  • A keystone in a changing world / Brian Storey
  • Ice with everything / Valérie Masson-Delmotte
  • Climate of extremes / John J. Cassano
  • Stormy and icy seas / Eberhard Fahrbach
  • Life in a cold environment / Peter Convey, Angelika Brandt and Steve Nicol
  • Space research from Antarctica / Louis Lanzerotti and Alan T. Weatherwax
  • Living and working in the cold / Lou Sanson
  • Scientists together in the cold / Colin P. Summerhayes
  • Managing the frozen commons / Olav Orheim
  • Antarctica : a global change perspective / Alan Rodger.

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