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  title info:
    title: Exploring the Last Continent
    sub title: An Introduction to Antarctica
  name:
    name part: Liggett, Daniela.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Storey, Bryan.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Cook, Yvonne.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Meduna, Veronika.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    edition: 1st ed. 2015.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 597 p. 221 illus., 174 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: 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 bellwether. The first part of the book discusses Antarctica’s physical systems over time – the continent’s geological evolution, its climate, weather and atmosphere, and its distinctive oceanographic, hydrographic and glaciological features. This section includes chapters on Antarctica’s geological history; its cryosphere and hydrological systems; and the Antarctic atmosphere, including the role Antarctica plays in the global atmospheric system. The second part of the volume surveys Antarctica’s marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Among the chapter topics in this section are biological diversity of the Subantarctic Islands; aquatic and non-aquatic terrestrial ecosystems; marine ecosystems of the Southern Ocean, birds and mammals, invertebrates and fish of Antarctica. The third part is devoted to the history of human endeavors in Antarctica and the politics behind human activities in the Southern Ocean and on the continent. The contributors delve into historical and social aspects of Antarctic exploration; the governance approach which sets the continent aside for peace and science; tourism; psychological aspects of human endeavours on the Ice; and Antarctic arts. The final part of the book weaves together insights in the physical, social and human sciences to illuminate a discussion of current issues, such as climate change, bio-prospecting, science collaboration, and environmental management. Individual chapters discuss the exploitation of marine living resources; biological prospecting; geological resources; renewable energy; regulatory challenges of commercial exploitation; the causes and impacts of climate change in Antarctica; and the role of the Scientific Committee on…
  table of contents: 1. Introduction -- PART 1: Physical Sciences -- 2. A Continent under Ice: Studying Geology in Antarctica -- 3. A Long Journey South: Unravelling Antarctica’s Geological History -- 4. Looking Back to the Future: Palaeoclimate Studies in Antarctica -- 5. An Ice-bound Continent: Antarctic’s Cryosphere and Hydrological Systems -- 6.Weather and Climate: Antarctica’s Role in the Global Atmospheric System -- 7. The Southern Ocean: Antarctica’s Northern Boundary -- 8. From Ice to Space: The Antarctic Atmosphere -- PART 2 -- 9. Remote Ocean Outposts: Biological Diversity of the Subantarctic Islands -- 10. Life on Land: Aquatic Terrestrial Ecosystems in Antarctica -- 11. Life on Land: Non-aquatic Terrestrial Eccosystems in Antarctica -- 12. Beyond the Ice: Marine Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean -- 13. Antarctic Megafauna: Birds and Mammals of Antarctica -- 14. Surviving in the Cold: Invertebrates and Fish in Antarctica -- 15. Polar Expeditions: Historical and Social Aspects of Antarctic Exploration -- 16. A Continent for Peace and Science: Antarctic Governance -- 17. Extreme and Unusual Psychology in Antarctica -- 18. Destination Icy Wilderness: Antarctic Tourism -- 19. Creativity at the Frozen Frontier: The Arts in Antarctica -- 20. Commercial Harvest: Exploitation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources -- 21. Southern Ocean Fisheries: Managing Harvests of Marine Life -- 22. The Search for Extremophiles: Antarctic Biological Prospecting -- 23. The Question of Mining: Geological Resources in Antarctica -- 24. Ice and Mineral Resources: Regulatory Challenges of Commercial Exploitation -- 25. Recent Climate Change: Causes and Impacts of Climate Change in Antarctica -- 26. Reducing Fossil Fuel Consumption: Renewable Energy in Antarctica -- 27. Alien Invasions and the Impact of Non-native Species: Changing the Face of Life on Land in Antarctica?- 28. Future Challenges in Antarctic Research: International and Interdisciplinary Cooperation -- 29. Antarctic Scientific Collaboration: …
  note: edited by Daniela Liggett, Bryan Storey, Yvonne Cook, Veronika Meduna.
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy resources
  subject:
    topic: Hydrology
  subject:
    topic: Climate change
  subject:
    topic: Mineral resources
  subject:
    topic: Environmental geography
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Alternate energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Green energy industries
  subject:
    topic: Geoecology
  subject:
    topic: Environmental geology
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Geoecology/Natural Processes
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Geography
  subject:
    topic: Hydrology/Water Resources
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  subject:
    topic: Mineral Resources
  classification: QE38
  classification: 333.7
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      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319189475
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18947-5
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    record creation date: 150929
    record change date: 20151204180020.0
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