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By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Polar Research Board, Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

ISBN-10: 0309214696

ISBN-13: 9780309214698

Antarctica and the encompassing Southern Ocean continues to be one of many world's final frontiers. protecting approximately 14 million km? (an zone nearly 1.4 instances the scale of the United States), Antarctica is the coldest, driest, maximum, and windiest continent in the world. whereas it truly is not easy to dwell and paintings during this severe surroundings, this sector deals many possibilities for medical study. Ever because the first people set foot on Antarctica a bit greater than a century in the past, the discoveries made there have complicated our medical wisdom of the area, the realm, and the Universe--but there's nonetheless even more to profit. despite the fact that, carrying out clinical study within the harsh environmental stipulations of Antarctica is profoundly demanding. tremendous assets are had to identify and keep the infrastructure had to supply warmth, mild, transportation, and consuming water, whereas while minimizing toxins of our surroundings and making sure the security of researchers. destiny technological know-how possibilities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean indicates activities for the us to be successful for the following iteration of Antarctic and Southern Ocean technology. The record highlights very important components of study by way of encapsulating each one right into a unmarried, overarching query. The questions fall into large subject matters: (1) these regarding worldwide switch, and (2) these concerning primary discoveries. additionally, the document pointed out key technological know-how questions that would force learn in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in coming many years, and highlighted possibilities to be leveraged to maintain and enhance the U.S. study efforts within the zone.

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All rights reserved. Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Fundamental Questions of Global Change 25 behavior depends upon designing a comprehensive modeling and observing strategy. To give a sense of the system inter-coupling, consider that determination of how much ice Antarctica has been losing in the past decade, based on satellite measurements of gravitational anomalies, requires knowledge of the rate at which the underlying bedrock is lifting. Determining bedrock uplift requires understanding the structural properties of the rock, as well as how much ice Antarctica has lost since the Last Glacial Maximum, some 20,000 years ago.

Areas where wetlands would be marginal or lost under three sea-level rise scenarios (in mm per year). SOURCE: CCSP, 2009. PREPUBLICATION COPY Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. 3 The Ozone Hole and Greenhouse Gases The Antarctic ozone hole is generated by a blend of three factors operating in the stratosphere. First, chlorine gas mediates the destruction of ozone, and its 20th century increase is due to the rise in atmospheric chlorofluorocarbon levels—long-lived chemicals produced by the chemical industry and used, for example, as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners.

P. Meredith, V. Wadley, K. Speer, E. Hofmann, C. Summerhayes, E. Urban, and R. Bellerby, eds. 2011. The Southern Ocean Observing System: Initial Science and Implementation Strategy. : Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. 2011. Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World: Strategic Plan 2011-2016. Cambridge, UK: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. This report is structured around major themes and supporting activities identified by the Committee.

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