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Australia Oceania Antarctica A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues - Hillstrom, Kevin, World's Environments. Author: Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Hillstrom A concise yet thorough overview of environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica. The paradisiacal islands of the South Pacific. The unworldly landscapes and wildlife of Australia. The frozen expanses of Antarctica. This new title in ABC-CLIO's World Environment Series encompasses some of the most be...  more »nign-and hellish-places on Earth. How is humanity threatening-and preserving-these diverse and far-flung environments? They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting the rest of the planet, as well as some unique ones of their own. How have human-introduced species impacted Australia's natural order? What new global conventions are helping close Antarctica's ozone hole? And why is global warming threatening the South Pacific's life-teeming coral reefs? The region's governments are grappling with the spectre of global warming, which, if not meaningfullly addressed by industrialized nations half a world away, could produce rising sea levels capable of engulfing several states of Oceania and partially submerging portions of many other inhabited islands. Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica tackles the difficult issues, tough problems, and political controversies surrounding these lands of extremes.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9781576076941 ISBN-10: 1576076946 Publication Date: 11/19/2003 Pages: 269 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: ABC-CLIO Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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