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Heard Island : two centuries of change, and more coming / Robert William Schmieder.

Schmieder, Robert William, author.
2023
G890.H4
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Title
Heard Island : two centuries of change, and more coming / Robert William Schmieder.
Author
Schmieder, Robert William, author.
ISBN
9783031203435 (electronic bk.)
3031203437 (electronic bk.)
3031203429
9783031203428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20343-5
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 882 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-20343-5 doi
Call Number
G890.H4
Dewey Decimal Classification
998.9
Summary
This highly illustrated volume is a compendium of evidence and examples of change on Heard Island, a World Heritage Site near Antarctica and one of the most remote places on earth. Drawing on records from the past two centuries, as well as his own expeditions to the island in 1997 and 2016, the author provides visual evidence for the changes wrought by climate change, erosion, and environmental policy. Various phenomena not previously observed on Heard Island are documented, such as fluid dynamic instabilities and the destruction of the seawalls of a major lagoon. Based on the past, the author makes predictions about Heard Island for specific years in the future: 2031 (decade), 2051 (tricade), 2121 (century), 3021 (millennium), and 1,002,021 (millionium). The book serves as an important link between the past and future of Heard Island.
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HEARD ISLAND.
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Part1. Two centuries of change
Section1. Island
Chapter1. Description
Chapter2. Images
Chapter3. Maps
Section2. History
Chapter4. Events
Chapter5. Facilities
Chapter6. Debris
Part2. Rocks
Section3. Provinces
Chapter7. Atlas Cove
Chapter8. Laurens Peninsula
Chapter9. The Spit
Section4. Volcano
Chapter10. Big Ben
Chapter11. Mawson Peak
Chapter12. Volcanic features
Section5. Lithics
Chapter13. Outcroppings
Chapter14. Till
Chapter15. Sediment
Part3. Water
Section6. Glaciers
Chapter16. Stephenson Glacier
Chapter17. AU1141 Glacier
Chapter18. Glacial features
Section7. Streams
Chapter19. Inland streams
Chapter20. Tidewater streams
Section8. Lakes
Chapter21. Stephenson Lagoon
Chapter22. Large lakes
Chapter23. Small lakes
Part4. Ecosystem
Section9. Biota
Chapter24. Plants
Chapter25. Invertebrates
Chapter26. Birds
Chapter27. Mammals
Section10. Environment
Chapter28. Ocean
Chapter29. Atmosphere
Chapter30. Sky
Part5. More Coming
Section11. Dynamics
Chapter31. Populations
Chapter32. Systems
Chapter33. EcoSimulation
Section12. The Future
Chapter34. Research
Chapter35. Resources
Chapter36. The Future of Heard Island.

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