Secrets of the Ice
Subtitle: Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780300187007
Subjects: Scientific expeditions; Antarctica
Description: Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. Meduna shows how geologists and glaciologists learn about the implications of today's climate change for the future; how scientists study migration patterns of emperor penguins or examine the microbial evidence that may reveal how life evolved on Earth-- and what it may look like on other planets.