Exploring the Last Continent An Introduction to Antarctica /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Liggett, Daniela (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Storey, Bryan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cook, Yvonne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Meduna, Veronika (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Hydrology.; Climate change.; Mineral resources.; Environmental geography.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Environmental Geography.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Mineral Resources.

This multidisciplinary book examines Antarctica, from its geological origins as it separated from the Gondwana supercontinent, to Captain James Cook and crew, the first recorded observation by Europeans, to its present as a research outpost protected from energy exploitation, and a climate change be...