Science Into Policy: Global Lessons from AntarcticaScience into Policy: Global Lessons from Antarctica reveals a unique model for integrating Earth system science with environmental and resource policies to balance economic, governmental, and societal interests. Since the International Geophysical Year in 1957-1958, scientific investigation has fostered international cooperation and the rational use of Antarctica for peaceful purposes only. Beyond merely presenting information, this book integrates content and concepts in a manner that will appeal to individuals with interests in the natural and the social sciences.
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... SCIENCE KEYSTONE Inspiring Perspective 211 Emerging Common Interests 213 " Peaceful Purposes Only " 219 CITED REFERENCES 223 RECOMMENDED RESOURCES INDEX 237 227 FOREWORD It is in the interest of all mankind that X CONTENTS.
... SCIENCE KEYSTONE Inspiring Perspective 211 Emerging Common Interests 213 " Peaceful Purposes Only " 219 CITED REFERENCES 223 RECOMMENDED RESOURCES INDEX 237 227 FOREWORD It is in the interest of all mankind that X CONTENTS.
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... peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord . -Antarctic Treaty ( 1959 ) Science has been the primary rationale for national activities in the Antarctic region since the International Geophysical ...
... peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord . -Antarctic Treaty ( 1959 ) Science has been the primary rationale for national activities in the Antarctic region since the International Geophysical ...
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... peaceful stewardship across nearly 10 % of the Earth from 60 ° south latitude to the South Pole ( Chapter 5 , " International Stewardship " ) . Together , the three chapters in Part II reveal the unfolding history of national ...
... peaceful stewardship across nearly 10 % of the Earth from 60 ° south latitude to the South Pole ( Chapter 5 , " International Stewardship " ) . Together , the three chapters in Part II reveal the unfolding history of national ...
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... peaceful purposes only " ( Chapter 12 , “ The Science Keystone " ) . Antarctica also is vibrant model of continuous interdisci- plinary exchanges among scientific , economic , and policy stakeholders that have been fostered throughout ...
... peaceful purposes only " ( Chapter 12 , “ The Science Keystone " ) . Antarctica also is vibrant model of continuous interdisci- plinary exchanges among scientific , economic , and policy stakeholders that have been fostered throughout ...
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... - arctic Treaty System will reveal insights for wisely and peacefully managing the geometric expansion of our civilization across the Earth . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My Antarctic journey started in 1981 when Ted DeLaca PREFACE XIX.
... - arctic Treaty System will reveal insights for wisely and peacefully managing the geometric expansion of our civilization across the Earth . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My Antarctic journey started in 1981 when Ted DeLaca PREFACE XIX.
Contents
THE BEAUTY OF ANTARCTICA | xxiii |
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE SENSE OF WONDER | 1 |
GLOBAL DIMENSIONS | 5 |
Water and Life | 10 |
Across Time | 12 |
CONCEPTUAL INTEGRATION | 17 |
Gradients and Hierarchies | 20 |
DecisionMaking | 22 |
SeaLevel Seesaw | 98 |
Oceanic Conveyor | 102 |
BREATHING PLANET | 110 |
Water in Water out | 115 |
Greenhouse Respiration | 119 |
LIVING PLANET | 128 |
Limiting Factors | 135 |
Pyramid of Life | 140 |
PROGRESS OF ALL MANKIND INTERNATIONAL POLICY | 29 |
TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA | 33 |
Talisman of Priority | 34 |
Claiming Territory | 43 |
AWAKENING SCIENCE | 47 |
Science beyond Nations | 49 |
International Geophysical Year | 53 |
INTERNATIONAL STEWARDSHIP | 59 |
Diverse Stakeholders | 67 |
International Cooperation | 74 |
OUR DYNAMIC PLANET INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE | 77 |
SPREADING PLANET | 81 |
Continental Separation | 83 |
Antarctic Glaciation | 86 |
FLOWING PLANET | 93 |
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE RESOURCE ECONOMICS | 148 |
ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION | 154 |
Interacting Ecosystems | 166 |
Sustainability | 169 |
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | 180 |
Impact Assessment | 193 |
Accommodating Valyes | 200 |
OUR GLOBAL COMMONS PRECEDENT FOR HUMANITY | 204 |
THE SCIENCE KEYSTONE | 208 |
Emerging Common Interests | 210 |
Peaceful Purposes Only | 216 |
CITED REFERENCES | 220 |
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES | 224 |
INDEX | 234 |
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Antarctic Convergence Antarctic Ice Sheet Antarctic marine ecosystem Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic region Antarctic Research Antarctic Treaty Searchable Antarctic Treaty System Antarctica arctic areas Article Atlantic atmosphere Australia began biomass carbon dioxide CCAMLR century Chapter circumpolar climate coastal Conservation of Antarctic continent continental Convention dynamics Earth system ecological environment Environmental Protection expeditions exploration FIGURE fish fisheries fur seal gases geological Geophysical glacial global Gondwana habitats harvested Hemisphere human ice core impacts interest International Geophysical Island kilometers krill land latitude lithospheric Marine Living Resources McMurdo McMurdo Sound meters million years ago Number organisms ozone Pacific peaceful purposes penguin phenomena planet Plate polar population Protocol radiation resource activities Ross Ross Sea scientific sea ice sea level seawater sediments solar South Georgia Southern Ocean space species stakeholders stations surface Table temperatures Terra Australis Incognita terrestrial tion Treaty Searchable Database trophic levels United Nations Vostok warm whales Younger Dryas zone
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