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UNINA9910813663903321 |
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Titolo |
Antarctica : global science from a frozen continent / / edited by David W.H. Walton |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Cambridge University Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-33634-1 |
1-107-23411-5 |
1-107-32658-3 |
1-107-33232-X |
1-107-33302-4 |
1-107-33468-3 |
1-299-40323-9 |
1-107-33551-5 |
0-511-78229-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Antarctica Discovery and exploration |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Discovering the unknown continent / David W.H. Walton -- A keystone in a changing world / Brian Storey -- Ice with everything / ValeĢrie 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. This dramatically illustrated new book brings |
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