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Ice is melting around the world and glaciers are disappearing.
Water, which has been solid for thousands and even millions of
years, is being released into streams, rivers, lakes and oceans.
Embedded in this new fluid water, and now being released, are
ancient microbes whose effects on today's organisms and ecosystems
is unknown and unpredictable. These long sleeping microbes are
becoming physiologically active and may accelerate global climate
change. This book explores the emergence of these microbes. The
implications for terrestrial life and the life that might exist
elsewhere in the universe are explored. Key Selling Points:
Explores the role of long frozen ancient microbes will have when
released due to global warming Describes how ice preserves microbes
and microbial genomes for thousands or millions of years Reviews
work done on permafrost microbiology Identifies potential health
hazards and environmental risks Examines implications for the
search for extraterrestrial life.
Ice is melting around the world and glaciers are disappearing.
Water, which has been solid for thousands and even millions of
years, is being released into streams, rivers, lakes and oceans.
Embedded in this new fluid water, and now being released, are
ancient microbes whose effects on today's organisms and ecosystems
is unknown and unpredictable. These long sleeping microbes are
becoming physiologically active and may accelerate global climate
change. This book explores the emergence of these microbes. The
implications for terrestrial life and the life that might exist
elsewhere in the universe are explored. Key Selling Points:
Explores the role of long frozen ancient microbes will have when
released due to global warming Describes how ice preserves microbes
and microbial genomes for thousands or millions of years Reviews
work done on permafrost microbiology Identifies potential health
hazards and environmental risks Examines implications for the
search for extraterrestrial life.
This paper explores the role of exchange rates in emerging
economies with inflation-targeting regimes, an issue that has
become especially germane during the current episode of financial
turmoil and volatile capital flows. Under inflation targeting, the
interest rate is the main monetary policy tool for influencing
activity and inflation, and there is little agreement about the
appropriate role of the exchange rate. The exchange rate is a more
important monetary policy tool for emerging economies that have
adopted inflation targeting than it is for inflation-targeting
advanced economies. Inflation-targeting emerging economies
generally have less flexible exchange rate arrangements and
intervene more frequently in the foreign exchange market than their
advanced economy counterparts. The enhanced role of the exchange
rate reflects these economies' greater vulnerability to exchange
rate shocks and their less developed financial markets. However,
their sharper focus on the exchange rate may cause some confusion
about the commitment of their central banks to achieve the
inflation target and may also complicate policy implementation.
Global inflation pressures, greater exchange rate volatility, and
the financial stresses from the global financial turmoil that began
in mid-2007 are heightening these tensions.
What separates the chaos of fighting from the coherent ritual of
boxing? According to author David Scott, it is a collection of
aesthetic constructions, including the shape of the ring, the
predictable rhythm of timed rounds, the uniformity of the boxers'
glamorous attire, and the stylization of the combatants' posture
and punches. In "The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing," Scott explores
the ways in which these and other aesthetic elements of the sport
have evolved over time. Scott comprehensively addresses the rich
dialogue between boxing and the arts, suggesting that boxing not
only possesses intrinsic aesthetic qualities but also has inspired
painters, graphic designers, surrealist poets, and modern writers
to identify, expand, and respond to the aesthetic properties of the
sport. Divided into three parts, the book moves from a
consideration of the evolution and intrinsic aesthetics of boxing
to the responses to the sport by cubist and futurist painters and
sculptors, installation artists, poster designers, photographers,
and, finally, surrealist poets and modernist writers. With
distinctive illustrations and photographs in nine short chapters,
Scott creates a visual as well as a textual narrative that
supplements and concretely demonstrates the deep, dynamic
relationship between the art of boxing and the world of art and
literature.
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