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  title info:
    title: Future science opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
  name:
    name part: National Research Council (U.S.)
    name part: Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: National Research Council (U.S.)
    name part: Polar Research Board.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
  abstract: "Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world's last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km² (an area approximately 1.4 times the size of the United States), Antarctica is the coldest, driest, highest, and windiest continent on Earth. While it is challenging to live and work in this extreme environment, this region offers many opportunities for scientific research. Ever since the first humans set foot on Antarctica a little more than a century ago, the discoveries made there have advanced our scientific knowledge of the region, the world, and the Universe--but there is still much more to learn. However, conducting scientific research in the harsh environmental conditions of Antarctica is profoundly challenging. Substantial resources are needed to establish and maintain the infrastructure needed to provide heat, light, transportation, and drinking water, while at the same time minimizing pollution of the environment and ensuring the safety of researchers. Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean suggests actions for the United States to achieve success for the next generation of Antarctic and Southern Ocean science. The report highlights important areas of research by encapsulating each into a single, overarching question. The questions fall into two broad themes: (1) those related to global change, and (2) those related to fundamental discoveries. In addition, the report identified key science questions that will drive research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in coming decades, and highlighted opportunities to be leveraged to sustain and improve the U.S. research efforts in the region."--Publisher's description.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Fundamental questions of global change -- Fundamental questions of scientific discovery -- Opportunities to enhance research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean -- Future directions in Antarctic and Southern Ocean science.
  note: Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, Polar Research Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
  note: Also available online.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160).
  subject:
    geographic code: t------
  subject:
    geographic: Antarctica
    topic: Research
    topic: Government policy
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    geographic: Antarctic Ocean
    topic: Government policy
    topic: Research
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    geographic: Antarctica
    topic: Climatic factors
  subject:
    geographic: Antarctic Ocean
    topic: Climatic factors
  subject:
    topic: Global environmental change
  classification: G877 .N38 2011
  identifier: 9780309214698
  identifier: 0309214696
  identifier: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php
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  record info:
    record content source: BTCTA
    record creation date: 110921
    record change date: 20151202150955.0
    record identifier: in00002689895
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng