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Book Synopsis Fixing Antarctica by : Lynette Finch
Download or read book Fixing Antarctica written by Lynette Finch and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1956, the height of the cold war. Fourteen scientists will spend fifteen months on an isolated rock outcrop at the edge of the Antarctic plateau. Mawson station is Australia's first continental station and will become the longest continuously operating settlement inside the Antarctic Circle. The surveyor is Sydney Lorrimar Kirkby.He will go on to clock up extraordinary achievements but already he has achieved the impossible. He had polio as a child so how could he hope to pass the Commonwealth medical test? It took a bit of cunning but he got through. The age requirement for any member of an Australian Antarctic team was twenty-six years old. Syd is twenty-one. He's not a fully qualified surveyor but he will be when the ship leaves for Mawson with him on board. Over the next twenty years Syd Kirkby will explore and map more unknown regions in the world than any other person in history.Fixing Antarctica is the first full biography of this important twentieth century explorer. Told through interviews with his contemporaries, personal diaries and the diaries of other Antarctic explorers, this account establishes Kirkby in his rightful place as one of the great polar explorers.Cover Illustration: The cover of Fixing Antarctica is drawn from a portrait by Tom Macbeth, a finalist in the Archibald Prize and its associated Salon Des Refuses.
Book Synopsis Geodetic and Geophysical Observations in Antarctica by : Alessandro Capra
Download or read book Geodetic and Geophysical Observations in Antarctica written by Alessandro Capra and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to their unique geophysical and geodynamic environment, both the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions are often utilized for geodetic and geophysical observations. This book is a collection of papers on various aspects of the scientific investigation and observation techniques of the polar regions at both temporary and permanent observatories. Most papers focus on regional models based on data acquired in polar regions. Geodetic satellite positions systems (GNSS: GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO) will also be discussed as well as other space techniques (DORIS, VLBI). Gravimetry, absolute gravimetry, and tidal gravimetry are also discussed, as well as seismology and meteorology. The book also touches on data analysis and geodynamic interpretation and discusses methods of constructing autonomous observatories.
Book Synopsis Antarctic Journal of the United States by :
Download or read book Antarctic Journal of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nitrogen Fixation by Free-Living Micro-Organisms by : William Duncan Patterson Stewart
Download or read book Nitrogen Fixation by Free-Living Micro-Organisms written by William Duncan Patterson Stewart and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1975 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1976 volume provides information, presented at an international symposium in Edinburgh, on the free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria and blue-green algae. In addition to information on the distribution of the nitrogenase enzyme within these groups, their role in the soil and in aquatic systems is considered, as are the methods of measuring nitrogen fixation.
Book Synopsis Fixing the Sky by : James Rodger Fleming
Download or read book Fixing the Sky written by James Rodger Fleming and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s.
Book Synopsis Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology by : Don A. Cowan
Download or read book Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology written by Don A. Cowan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together many of the world’s leading experts in the fields of Antarctic terrestrial soil ecology, providing a comprehensive and completely up-to-date analysis of the status of Antarctic soil microbiology. Antarctic terrestrial soils represent one of the most extreme environments on Earth. Once thought to be largely sterile, it is now known that these diverse and often specialized extreme habitats harbor a very wide range of different microorganisms. Antarctic soil communities are relatively simple, but not unsophisticated. Recent phylogenetic and microscopic studies have demonstrated that these communities have well established trophic structuring and play a significant role in nutrient cycling in these cold and often dry desert ecosystems. They are surprisingly responsive to change and potentially sensitive to climatic perturbation. Antarctic terrestrial soils also harbor specialized ‘refuge’habitats, where microbial communities develop under (and within) translucent rocks. These cryptic habitats offer unique models for understanding the physical and biological ‘drivers’ of community development, function and evolution.
Book Synopsis The Ecological Role of Micro-organisms in the Antarctic Environment by : Susana Castro-Sowinski
Download or read book The Ecological Role of Micro-organisms in the Antarctic Environment written by Susana Castro-Sowinski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides up-to-date multidisciplinary information regarding microbial physiological groups in terms of their role in the Antarctic ecology. How do microorganisms shape the Antarctic environment? The book presents a thorough overview of the most important physiological microbial groups or microbial systems that shape the Antarctic environment. Each microbial model is described in terms of their physiology and metabolism, and their role in the Antarctic environmental sustainability. The individual chapters prepare readers for understanding the relevance of the microbial models from both an historical perspective, and considering the latest developments. This book will appeal to researchers and teachers interested in the Antarctic science, but also to students who want to understand the role of microbes in the ecology of extreme environments.
Book Synopsis Microbial Ecosystems of Antarctica by : Warwick F. Vincent
Download or read book Microbial Ecosystems of Antarctica written by Warwick F. Vincent and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A structured account of the full range of environments in Antarctica and of the microbial communities that live within them. The author examines the major features of the chemical and physical environment in each habitat, and the influence of these features on the population structure and dynamics of their microbiota. Each chapter considers a specific type of environment, the microbial species that dominate, their community structure and dynamics, and the microbial processes that operate and have been measured in the ecosystem. The chapters conclude with an overview of the ecosystem trophic structure and an introduction to the larger organisms that depend on the microbiota. Separate chapters examine the range of cellular strategies adopted by microorganisms within the Antarctic environment, and the increasing influence of humans on these communities.
Book Synopsis Bulletin by : British Antarctic Survey
Download or read book Bulletin written by British Antarctic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sailing Directions for Antarctica by : United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center
Download or read book Sailing Directions for Antarctica written by United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Past Antarctica written by Marc Oliva and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change presents research on the past and present of Antarctica in reference to its current condition, including considerations for effects due to climate change. Experts in the field explore key topics, including environmental changes, human colonization and present environmental trends. Addressing a wide range of fields, including the biosphere, geology and biochemistry, the book offers geographers, climatologists and other Earth scientists a vital resource that is beneficial to an understanding of Antarctica, its history and conservation efforts. - Synthesizes research on the past and present of Antarctica, bringing together top Earth scientists who work in this discipline - Presents the most complete reconstruction of the paleoclimate and environment of Antarctica, tying in long-term climatic changes to the current environment - Offers perspectives from different branches of the Earth Sciences using a spatial-temporal lens
Book Synopsis The International Law of Antarctica by : Emilio J. Sahurie
Download or read book The International Law of Antarctica written by Emilio J. Sahurie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctica is the last, most inhospitable frontier on earth, yet it presents a great number of unresolved conflicts between nations, individuals, environmentalists, scientists and business groups. The International Law of Antarctica addresses the crucial question of how international law can respond to claims that will certainly shape tomorrow's Antarctica. The author adopts a policy-oriented approach and focuses on the primary issue of determining the effective norms by which the process of value shaping and sharing develops in Antarctica, and to what extent such norms satisfy the prevailing aspirations of the world community. Where discrepancies are significant policies are proposed that may better meet such aspirations, as well as methods for their implementation. Part I of this study describes the social, power, and legal processes relating to Antarctica; reviews the geographic, technological, economic, and historical context in which these processes evolve, and how their special features affect such processes; and finally postulates the basic community policies with reference to which the process of claims and decisions in Antarctica are analyzed. Part II focuses on national claims to Antarctica by reviewing claims relating to the modes to establish exclusive appropriation of the area. Part III is a detailed examination of specific claims to Antarctica resources: claims to mineral and living resources, and claims relating to space-extension resources, namely, Antarctica sea and air space. It is concluded by an appraisal of the congruence of the existing order of Antarctica with the postulated basic policies, critically reviewing proposals for a new order, and advancing long-term and more immediate alternatives.
Download or read book Current World Leaders written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1970-71 issued in 2 parts: Almanac and Bibliography & news; 1972(?)- in 3 parts, Bibliography & news and Speeches and reports.
Download or read book Solved written by David Miller and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Miller presents a compelling case that significant progress can be made at the local level by duplicating the actions of nine leading cities around the world.
Book Synopsis Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes by : P. Uomala
Download or read book Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes written by P. Uomala and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological fixation of nitrogen by organisms and associations other than those concerned in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis has attracted increasing attention since the firstintemationalworkshop on the theme at Piracicaba, Brasil, in 1979. Approximately 150 scientists gathered on September 2-8, 1984, at the Hanasaari Cultural Centre near Helsinki, Finland, for the third international meeting on nitrogen fixation with non-legumes. Forty-two papers and 39 posters were presented; 32 of the papers have been broughttogetherin this publication. The Symposium was generously sponsored by the FinnishNational Fund for Research and Development (SITRA) in connection with a large project on biological nitrogenfixation and utilization ofnitrogen extending from 1980 to 1985. The Symposium was organized jointly by SITRA, which dealt with all practical matters very efficiently and with impressive concern for the welfare of the participants, and Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae, the society of Finnish microbiologists, which made valuable contributions on scientific matters. As in the previous symposium at Banff, Canada, in 1982 the programme did not involve parallel sessions~ all participants had the opportunity of listening to all presentations. Consequently, the FIN- NIF Symposium profited from a steady audience and the consistency this gave to the discussions. In view of the growing interest in N-fixation with non-legumes and the continuous broadening of the field, such an arrangement may not be possible in the future. I thank all participants for their contributionsto both oral sessions and poster presentations, and hope that this publication will become a frequently quoted source of knowledge.
Book Synopsis Bulgarian Antarctic Research by : N. Chipev
Download or read book Bulgarian Antarctic Research written by N. Chipev and published by Pensoft Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of the Antarctic by : Beau Riffenburgh
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Antarctic written by Beau Riffenburgh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
