Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica (e-bog) af Laurie Collier Hillstrom, Hillstrom

Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica e-bog

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A concise yet thorough overview of environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting the rest of the planet, as well as some unique ones of their own. How have human-introduced species impacted Australia's na...
E-bog 509,93 DKK
Forfattere Laurie Collier Hillstrom, Hillstrom (forfatter)
Forlag ABC-CLIO
Udgivet 19 november 2003
Længde 296 sider
Genrer 1MBF
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781576076958
A concise yet thorough overview of environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting the rest of the planet, as well as some unique ones of their own. How have human-introduced species impacted Australia's natural order? What new global conventions are helping close Antarctica's ozone hole? And how is global climate change threatening the South Pacific's species-rich coral reefs?The region's governments are grappling with the spectre of global warming, which, if not meaningfullly addressed by industrialized nations half a world away, could produce rising sea levels capable of engulfing several states of Oceania and partially submerging portions of many other inhabited islands. Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica tackles the difficult issues, tough problems, and political controversies surrounding these lands of extremes.