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This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the role that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean play as integral parts of the Earth System. Antarctica and the Earth System will be of great interest to a wide range of interdisciplinary students and scholars of Earth sciences, Antarctic studies, polar science and environmental management.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Antarctica and Planet Earth 2. Geological and Paleoclimatic Evolution of the Southern Ocean-Antarctic System 3. Global Atmospheric Influence on Antarctica 4. Southern Ocean Circulation: Global Drivers and Ongoing Changes 5. The Southern Ocean Coupled Carbon and Climate Feedback Links to the Earth System: The Present, the Past, and the Future 6. Antarctic Sea-Ice: Ongoing Changes and Compelling Issues 7. The Antarctic Ice Sheet and Sea Level: Contemporary Changes and Future Projections 8. Pollution in Antarctica 9. Ecosystem Resilience, Fisheries and Conservation in the Southern Ocean: Status of Knowledge, Prognoses and Challenges 10. Power at the Bottom of the World: Emerging Geopolitics in an Exceptional Place 11. Cultural Connections with Antarctica and the Southern Ocean 12. Conclusions
About the author
Michael P. Meredith is an ocean scientist at the British Antarctic Survey and Joint Director of the UK National Climate Science Partnership. He is also Professorial Fellow in Oceanography at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK.
Jess Melbourne-Thomas is a Principal Research Scientist and leads the Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Team in the Sustainable Marine Futures Research Program with CSIRO Environment in Nipaluna/Hobart, Australia.
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato is the Regius Professor of Ocean Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey.
Marilyn Raphael is a Professor of Geography at UCLA, USA and Director of UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. She is Chair of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research's expert group, Antarctic Sea-ice Processes and Climate.
