Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World

by Polar Research Board, U.S. Geological Survey, Proceedings of the 10th International Sy, et al.

Antarctica is the center from which all surrounding continental bodies separated millions of years ago. Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World, reinforces the importance of continual changes in the country's history and the impact of these changes on global systems. The book also places emphasis on deciphering the climate records in ice cores, geologic cores, rock outcrops and those inferred from climate models. New technologies for the coming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309118549
• ISBN13: 9780309118545
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 162 Pages