The Future Of Antarctica
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The Future Of Antarctica
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Author : Grahame Cook
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1990
The Future Of Antarctica written by Grahame Cook and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Antarctic Regions categories.
Proceedings of a conference whose multidisciplinary approach provide an overview of the debate about appropriate future environmental protection of Antarctica, particularly in relation to possible exploitation of its little known mineral resources.
The Future Of Antarctica
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Author : Jeffrey McGee
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-12-03
The Future Of Antarctica written by Jeffrey McGee and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-03 with Law categories.
As global great power competition intensifies, there is growing concern about the geopolitical future of Antarctica. This book delves into the question of how can we anticipate, prepare for, and potentially even shape that future? Now in its 60th year, the Antarctic Treaty System has been comparatively resilient and successful in governing the Antarctic region. This book assesses how our ability to make accurate predictions about the future of the Antarctic Treaty System reduces rapidly in the face of political and biophysical complexity, uncertainty, and the passage of time. This poses a critical risk for organisations making long-range decisions about their policy, strategy, and investments in the frozen south. Scenarios are useful planning tools for considering futures beyond the limits of standard prediction. This book explores how a multi-disciplinary focus of classical geopolitics might be applied systematically to create scenarios on Antarctic futures that are plausible, rigorous, and robust. This book illustrates a pragmatic, nine-step scenario development process, using the topical issue of military activities in Antarctica. Along the way, the authors make suggestions to augment current theory and practice of geopolitical scenario planning. In doing so, this book seeks to rediscover the importance of a classical (primarily state-centric) lens on Antarctic geopolitics, which in recent decades has been overshadowed by more critical perspectives. This book is written for anyone with an interest in the rigorous assessment of geopolitical futures - in Antarctica and beyond.
Antarctica
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Author : Gillian Doreen Triggs
language : en
Publisher: British Institute for International & Comparative Law
Release Date : 2007
Antarctica written by Gillian Doreen Triggs and has been published by British Institute for International & Comparative Law this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Antarctic Treaty system categories.
Since its inception almost 50 years ago, the Antarctic Treaty System has evolved to provide a stable and remarkably effective regime for management of the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on earth. New challenges to this legal regime are now posed by contemporary problems such as climate change, tourism, fishing, and whaling in the Southern Ocean. From State Parties to the web of treaties that make up the Antarctic system of governance, the 21st century brings new demands for environmental protection while ensuring reasonable access for scientists and tourists alike. The papers in this collection were presented at a conference organized by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office to coincide with the Twenty-Ninth meeting of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties held in Edinburgh in June 2006. The authors, experienced Antarctic 'watchers, ' discuss their views on: illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; vessel-based pollution; navigation through ice-covered waters; Antarctic Treaty Secretariat; liability of operators and their States for environmental damage; and tourism. Included with these scholarly papers are all the international agreements that make up the Antarctic Treaty System along with the measures, decisions, and resolutions of the Twenty-Ninth Consultative Party Meeting and the Edinburgh Declaration supporting the scientific research of the forthcoming International Polar Year starting in March 2007
Antarctica The Coming Impact
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Author : Arun • Indu Rani Chaturvedi
language : en
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Release Date : 2016-01-01
Antarctica The Coming Impact written by Arun • Indu Rani Chaturvedi and has been published by Prabhat Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The melting of ice at the bottom of the globe, thousands of kilometers away from you, is going to affect your profession, your livelihood, your finances, your home, your lands! And not only your life, but even the very future of your children! Shocking?? But that exactly is what is happening now!! Antarctica has an enormous 2 km thick ice-cap! Global Warming threatens to melt this vast ice-cap. What happens?! Melting Antarctic ice has potential to raise global sea levels by 70 meters, yes, 230 feet! A colossal SLOW MOTION TSUNAMI has been triggered!! In coming decades, major cities will start disappearing! And then, a second tidal wave of climate-refugees will be triggered! By 2100, about 400 crore refugees will swamp other cities!! This book gives the scientific foundation of these dire predictions; listing cities getting wiped out; hints of financial planning; and potential scientific discoveries that might still save the earth! The melting of ice will also expose a huge continent of AntarcticaÑwhere your children will settle down! The first author has decades of experience of working in Antarctica; read a first-hand story about this strange land and its coming impact on YOUR life!!
Future Science Opportunities In Antarctica And The Southern Ocean
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2011-11-28
Future Science Opportunities In Antarctica And The Southern Ocean written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-28 with Science categories.
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.
The Future Of Antarctic Research
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Basic Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Future Of Antarctic Research written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Basic Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Reference categories.
Fraser S Penguins
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Author : Fen Montaigne
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2010-11-09
Fraser S Penguins written by Fen Montaigne and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-09 with Nature categories.
A dramatic chronicle of Antarctica's penguins that bears witness to climate changes that foreshadow our own future The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill Fraser's study of Adélie penguins. In that time, this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Adélies, the classic tuxedoed penguin that is dependent on sea ice to survive. During the Antarctic spring and summer of 2005-2006, author Fen Montaigne spent five months working on Fraser's field team, and he returned with a moving tale that chronicles the beauty of the wildest place on earth, the lives of the beloved Adélies, the saga of the discovery of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the story—told through Fraser's work—of how rising temperatures are swiftly changing this part of the world. Captivated by the tale of these polar penguins and a memorable field season in Antarctica, readers will come to understand that the fundamental changes Fraser has witnessed in the Antarctic will soon affect our lives.
Antarctic Futures
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Author : Tina Tin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-10-04
Antarctic Futures written by Tina Tin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-04 with Technology & Engineering categories.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Antarctica is poised at the edge of a warmer and busier world. Leading Antarctic researchers examine the needs and challenges of Antarctic environmental management today and tomorrow. Through: (i) investigating the impacts of human activities on specific ecosystems and species, (ii) examining existing environmental management and monitoring practices in place in various regions and (iii) interrogating stakeholders, they address the following questions: What future will Business-As-Usual bring to the Antarctic environment? Will a Business-As-Usual future be compatible with the objectives set out under the Antarctic Treaty, especially its Protocol on Environmental Protection? What actions are necessary to bring about alternative futures for the next 50 years? This volume is an outcome of the International Polar Year (2007-2009) Oslo Science Conference (8-12, June, 2010).
A Journey In Antarctica
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Author : Sergio Rossi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-02-08
A Journey In Antarctica written by Sergio Rossi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-08 with Science categories.
Having always been fascinated by these singular landscapes, Sergio Rossi reconstructs some of the episodes that have marked the exploration of these territories, such as the dramatic race between Amundsen and Scott to conquer the South Pole, and Captain Shackleton’s odyssey to save his crew from certain death. But also modern trips including his own to these remote areas, explaining many aspects of the current science and political competition that is underway. The book leads us on an entertaining overview of all the problems and opportunities that the planet’s most forgotten continent offers to humans. A remote mass of ice upon which our future as a species depends and which we cannot continue to ignore any longer.
Discovering Antarctica
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Author : June Loves
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Discovering Antarctica written by June Loves and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Antarctica categories.
Introduces early Antarctic explorers and their expeditions, as well as the people of today and their ways of coping with this cold continent.