Lost Antarctica : adventures in a disappearing land / James McClintock.
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TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0230112455
- 9780230112452
- 559.89 23
- G860 .M39133 2012
Contents:
Summary: Surveys Antarctica's diverse plant and animal life while raising awareness about how its fragile ecosystems are being threatened by global warming.
Journeys south -- It is all about the ice -- Life adrift : the small organisms matter -- Antarctic seafloor : an oasis in the desert -- Polar acid seas -- The march of the king crabs -- Ghost rookeries : the decline of the Adélie penguin -- Closing the gap : Antarctica as a global solution.
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 559.89 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A518440B |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.
Journeys south -- It is all about the ice -- Life adrift : the small organisms matter -- Antarctic seafloor : an oasis in the desert -- Polar acid seas -- The march of the king crabs -- Ghost rookeries : the decline of the Adélie penguin -- Closing the gap : Antarctica as a global solution.
Surveys Antarctica's diverse plant and animal life while raising awareness about how its fragile ecosystems are being threatened by global warming.
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