Antarctic Ecosystems Environmental Contamination, Climate Change, and Human Impact /

• Main Author: Bargagli, Roberto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 175
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Geobiology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Air pollution.; Life Sciences.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Biogeosciences.; Nature Conservation.; Environmental Management.

Choice Outstanding Title! (January 2006) The image of Antarctica as a symbol of the last great wilderness and pristine environment has changed considerably in the last two decades. Environmental problems such as the ozone hole and the break-up of ice-shelves have shown that Antarctica is inextricabl...