Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica - A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues (Hardcover, New)

A concise yet thorough overview of environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica. The paradisiacal islands of the South Pacific. The unworldly landscapes and wildlife of Australia. The frozen expanses of Antarctica. This new title in ABC-CLIO's World Environment Series encompasses some of the most benign-and hellish-places on Earth. How is humanity threatening-and preserving-these diverse and far-flung environments? 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 why is global warming threatening the South Pacific's life-teeming 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 i

General

Imprint:	ABC-CLIO Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The World's Environments
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	November 2003
Authors:	Kevin Hillstrom • Laurie Collier Hillstrom
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	269
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-57607-694-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	1-57607-694-6
Barcode:	9781576076941

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