Science Into Policy
Subtitle: Global Lessons from Antarctica
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: October 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780120915606
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Environmental Science; Environmental economics; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Structure & properties of the Earth; Environmental Policy; Wildlife Conservation; Science; Nature; Science/Mathematics; Ecology; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Science / Earth Sciences; Earth Sciences - General; Natural Resources; Public Policy - General; Antarctica; International cooperation; Research
First sentence: "The Earth system, as an entity in the cosmos, exists within an envelope of gases that are kept from escaping into space by gravitational attraction to the planet below (Fig. 1.1a)."