TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council A2 - Alan K. Cooper A2 - Peter Barrett A2 - Howard Stagg A2 - Bryan Storey A2 - Edmund Stump A2 - Woody Wise TI - Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World SN - 978-0-309-11854-5 DO - 10.17226/12168 PY - 2008 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12168/antarctica-a-keystone-in-a-changing-world PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Earth Sciences KW - Environment and Environmental Studies AB - Antarctica is the center from which all surrounding continental bodies separated millions of years ago. Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World, reinforces the importance of continual changes in the country's history and the impact of these changes on global systems. The book also places emphasis on deciphering the climate records in ice cores, geologic cores, rock outcrops and those inferred from climate models. New technologies for the coming decades of geoscience data collection are also highlighted. Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World is a collection of papers that were presented by keynote speakers at the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences. It is of interest to policy makers, researchers and scientific institutions. ER -