Antarctica and the Earth System, 9781032500867
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Antarctica’s fate impacts Earth’s future: understand its vital global connections.

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    296 pages

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    17 April 2025

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Summary

This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the role that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean play as integral parts of the Earth System.

While often characterised as the last great wilderness on Earth, Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of the planet, exerting key influences on all places and all people. It is also vulnerable to global changes, especially those driven by humans. This book examines how Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are connected to the rest of the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781032500867
ISBN-10:1032500867
Author:Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Marilyn Raphael, Michael P. Meredith, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:296
Release Date:17 April 2025
Weight:620g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
About The Author

Jess Melbourne-Thomas

Michael P. Meredith is an ocean scientist at the British Antarctic Survey and Joint Director of the UK National Climate Science Partnership. He is also Professorial Fellow in Oceanography at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Jess Melbourne-Thomas is a Principal Research Scientist and leads the Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Team in the Sustainable Marine Futures Research Program with CSIRO Environment in Nipaluna/Hobart, Australia.

Alberto C. Naveira Garabato is the Regius Professor of Ocean Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey.

Marilyn Raphael is a Professor of Geography at UCLA, USA and Director of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. She is Chair of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research’s expert group, Antarctic Sea-ice Processes and Climate.

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