Antarctic climate change and the environment: An update

Polar Record

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-259

  Turner, John ^a   Barrand, Nicholas E ^a   Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a   Convey, Peter ^a   Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Jarvis, Martin ^a   Jenkins, Adrian ^a   Marshall, Gareth ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^a   Roscoe, Howard ^a   Shanklin, Jon ^a   French, John ^b   Goosse, Hugues ^c   Guglielmin, Mauro ^d   Gutt, Julian ^e   Jacobs, Stan ^f   Kennicutt II, Marlon C ^g   Masson Delmotte, Valerie ^h   Mayewski, Paul ⁱ   Navarro, Francisco ^j   Robinson, Sharon ^k   Scambos, Ted ^l   Sparrow, Mike ^m   Summerhayes, Colin ^m   Speer, Kevin ⁿ   Klepikov, Alexander ^o   more..

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^l National Snow and Ice Data Center   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84902802686     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247413000296     Document Type: Article

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