Antarctica A Key To Global Change

• Other Authors: Kanao, Masaki (Editor), Toyokuni, Genti (Editor), Yamamoto, Masa-yuki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2019
• Subjects: Environmental science, engineering & technology; climate change, remote sensing, climate, isolation, transport, lakes
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The most exciting initiative in the polar region was the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-2008, conducted as the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). The initiative greatly enhanced the exchange of ideas across nations and scientific disciplines to unveil the sta...