Secrets of the ice : Antarctica's clues to climate, the universe, and the limits of life / Veronika Meduna.
2012
QH84.2 .M43 2012 (Mapit)
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Secrets of the ice : Antarctica's clues to climate, the universe, and the limits of life / Veronika Meduna.
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ISBN
9780300187007
0300187009
0300187009
Publication Details
New Haven : Yale University Press , 2012.
Language
English
Description
225 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Call Number
QH84.2 .M43 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
577.5/86
Summary
Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. Meduna shows how geologists and glaciologists learn about the implications of today's climate change for the future; how scientists study migration patterns of emperor penguins or examine the microbial evidence that may reveal how life evolved on Earth-- and what it may look like on other planets.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-218) and index.
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Table of Contents
A land of ice
Uncovering the past
Life on ice
True Antarcticans
Oasis in a frozen desert
Beyond the ice.
Uncovering the past
Life on ice
True Antarcticans
Oasis in a frozen desert
Beyond the ice.