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Wind As A Geomorphic Agent In Cold Climates

de Matti (University Of Helsinki) Seppala

77,06€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Wind as a Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates, first published in 2004, presents a description and explanation of wind-generated polar landforms, both modern-day and those in the geological record. It provides an important introduction to this area of geocryology for graduate students and researchers in geomorphology, geology and environmental science.
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The Living Tundra

de Yu I. Chernov

44,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This wide-ranging account of the life of the tundra provides a fascinating insight into the ways in which animals, plants and climate interact in an inhospitable environment. Although the tundra is not rich in species compared with habitats in the tropics or even in temperate regions, it is an area of great interest to ecologists, botanists and zoologists alike.
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Biology Of Polar Bryophytes And Lichens

de R. E. Longton

90,58€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book reviews the biology of bryophytes and lichens in the polar tundra, where these plants may form a dominant component of the vegetation. It considers adaptation to severe environments in terms of growth form, physiology and reproduction.
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Vegetation Of The Soviet Polar Deserts

de V. D. Aleksandrova

58,13€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This is a translation of Vera Aleksandrova's classic book, first published in Russian, which characterizes the vegetation of this rather special botanical region. Much important botanical research concerned with arctic ecology is carried out in the Soviet Union, but is seldom available in English.
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Canada'S Arctic Waters In International Law

de Donat Pharand

74,35€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The crossing of the Northwest Passage in August 1985 by a US icebreaker, without requesting authorisation, raised the whole question of Canada's sovereignty over the waters of its Arctic Archipelago.
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Antarctic Mineral Exploitation - The Emerging Legal Framework

de Francisco Orrego Vicuna

77,06€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In this book Professor Orrego Vicuna examines in depth the legal framework â€" the Antarctic Treaty, sovereignty, jurisdiction, and the law of the sea â€" as it relates to the exploitation of Antarctic minerals.
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Arctic Air Pollution

de B. Stonehouse

52,72€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Arctic atmospheric pollution is now a major international issue. This volume presents the most authoritative review of this increasingly important subject for an audience of both scientists and administrators concerned with worldwide, as well as polar, pollution problems.
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The Frozen Earth - Fundamentals Of Geocryology

de Michael W. Smith e Peter J. Williams

68,95€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. Using scientific principles, the authors describe the evolution of ground thermal conditions and the origin of natural features such as frost heave, solifluction, slope instabilities, patterned ground, pingos and ice wedges.
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Antarctica: The Next Decade - Report Of A Group Study Chaired By Sir Anthony Parsons

51,37€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In this survey, a study group, brought together by the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, looks at the political and environmental questions raised by the potentially conflicting interests in the Antarctic.
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Reindeer On South Georgia - The Ecology Of An Introduced Population

de N. Leader-Williams

58,13€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The introduction earlier this century of Norwegian reindeer to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia provided scientists with the unusual opportunity of studying the interaction between a large arctic herbivore and a southern ecosystem that had not previously been exposed to grazing by mammals.
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Subantarctic Macquarie Island - Environment And Biology

de David (Macquarie University, Sydney) Selkirk, Patricia (Macquarie University, Sydney) Selkirk e Rod Seppelt

74,35€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Macquarie Island, a speck of land rising from the Southern Ocean about 1,000 km south-east of Tasmania, is a wild and beautiful place. Declared a nature reserve in 1933, the island is of immense scientific interest, providing scientists with an opportunity to study unique geological features and to examine the special characteristics of a southern island ecosystem.
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The Growth And Decay Of Ice

de G. S. H. (University Of Alberta) Lock

93,28€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book describes in mathematical, physical and biological terms, the growth and decay of ice - in water, air, earth and living organisms - on a scale ranging from molecular to macroscopic. Consideration of the growth of ice in each of the above contexts provides a clearer understanding of the processes involved.
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Microbial Ecosystems Of Antarctica

de Warwick F. Vincent

77,06€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book provides a structured account of the full range of environments in Antarctica and of the microbial communities that live within them.
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The Age Of The Arctic - Hot Conflicts And Cold Realities

de Gail (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire) Osherenko e Oran R. (Dartmouth College, Vermont) Young

90,58€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Negotiations to create an International Arctic Science Committee have increased public awareness of issues involving the Arctic. This book provides a timely review of the situation from a social, political and human standpoint and provides an in-depth study of contemporary global controversies involving the Arctic.
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Antarctica: The Next Decade - Report Of A Group Study Chaired By Sir Anthony Parsons

141,95€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 In this survey, a study group, brought together by the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, looks at the political and environmental questions raised by the potentially conflicting interests in the Antarctic.
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Skua And Penguin - Predator And Prey

de Euan (University Of Auckland) Young

95,98€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 A detailed study of the feeding ecology and breeding biology of two associated Antarctic birds which provides evidence that the two species occur together as a consequence of limited breeding space rather than because of a distinct predator-prey relationship.
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General Geocryology

de E. D. (Moscow State University) Yershov

124,37€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 A wide-ranging and up-to-date review of permafrost science, unique in presenting the Russian viewpoint. This English edition brings the standard Russian work on geocryology to a larger readership, allowing the value of the knowledge and concepts developed to be realised more widely.
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A History Of Antarctic Science

de G. E. (University College Of North Wales) Fogg

120,32€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book describes the development of Antarctic science over three centuries against a background of advances in techniques of travelling and working in the polar environment and changing political attitudes to a remote and unknown part of the world.
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Wind As A Geomorphic Agent In Cold Climates

de Matti (University Of Helsinki) Seppala

239,28€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Wind as a Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates, first published in 2004, presents a description and explanation of wind-generated polar landforms, both modern-day and those in the geological record. It provides an important introduction to this area of geocryology for graduate students and researchers in geomorphology, geology and environmental science.
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General Geocryology

de E. D. Yershov

128,43€

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ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 A wide-ranging and up-to-date review of permafrost science, unique in presenting the Russian viewpoint.
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Vegetation Of The Soviet Polar Deserts

de V. D. Aleksandrova

74,35€

portes grátis

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 This is a translation of Vera Aleksandrova's classic book, first published in Russian, which characterizes the vegetation of this rather special botanical region.
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Microbial Ecosystems Of Antarctica

de Warwick F. Vincent

87,87€

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 Examines the range of environments in Antarctica and the microbial communities that live within them.
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Antarctic Mineral Exploitation - The Emerging Legal Framework

de Francisco Orrego Vicuna

114,91€

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ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 In this book Professor Orrego Vicuna examines in depth the legal framework as it relates to the exploitation of Antarctic minerals.
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The Antarctic Treaty Regime - Law, Environment And Resources

57,46€

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ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 The Antarctic Treaty regime is a uniquely successful legal system which preserves Antarctica for peaceful purposes and guarantees freedom of scientific research.
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