http://hdl.handle.net/2122/158 Search the Channel search http://www.earth-prints.org/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4177 Title: Concluding Remarks: Recent Changes in Antarctica and Future Research <br/> <br/>Authors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK <br/> <br/>Editors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK <br/> <br/>Abstract: Antarctic Climate Evolution has been, and will be, hugely influential in the development of Earth’s environment. This book has detailed how Antarctica changed during several key stages in the Cenozoic. Here we take stock of past changes and consider how they may be helpful in evaluating future changes in Antarctica. http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4176 Title: Antarctic Climate Evolution <br/> <br/>Authors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK <br/> <br/>Editors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK <br/> <br/>Abstract: Antarctic Climate Evolution is the first book dedicated to understanding the history of the world’s largest ice sheet and, in particular, how it responded to and influenced climate change during the Cenozoic. To explain the story of Antarctic ice and climate history, information on terrestrial and marine geology, sedimentology, glacier geophysics, ship-borne geophysics, and numerical ice sheet and climate modelling is presented within thirteen chapters. The book’s content largely mirrors the structure of the Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) program (www.ace.scar.org), an international initiative of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), affiliated with the International Polar Year 2007–2009, to investigate past changes in Antarctica by linking climate and ice sheet modelling studies with terrestrial and marine geological and geophysical evidence of past changes. The programme is designed to determine climate conditions and change in both the recent past (i.e. during the last glacial maximum, when temperatures were cooler than at present) and the more distant past (i.e. in the pre-Quaternary, when global temperature was several degrees higher than it is today). This new cross-disciplinary approach has led to a substantial improvement in the knowledge base on past Antarctic climate and to our understanding of the factors that have guided its evolution. This in turn has allowed us to build hypotheses, examinable through numerical modelling, for how the Antarctic climate is likely to respond to present and future global changes. Most of the subcommittees in ACE have been responsible for individual chapters, and in this way we have been able to cover the complete history of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and its climate evolution. The book will be of interest to research scientists from a wide range of disciplines including glaciology, palaeoclimatology, sedimentology, climate change, environmental science, oceanography and palaeoentology. It will also be valuable as a supplementary text for undergraduate courses. http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4175 Title: Middle Miocene to Pliocene History of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean <br/> <br/>Authors: Haywood, A. M.; School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Smellie, J. L.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK; Ashworth, A. C.; Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5517, USA; Cantrill, D. J.; Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia; Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Hambrey, M. J.; Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, UK; Hill, D.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK; Hillenbrand, C.-D.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK; Hunter, S. J.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK and School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Larter, R. D.; Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK; Lear, C. H.; School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK; Passchier, S.; Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Mallory Hall 252, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA; van de Wal, R.; Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 Utrecht, The Netherlands <br/> <br/>Editors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK <br/> <br/>Abstract: This chapter explores the Middle Miocene to Pliocene terrestrial and marine records of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The structure of the chapter makes a clear distinction between terrestrial and marine records as well as proximal (on or around Antarctica) and more distal records (Southern Ocean). Particular geographical regions are identified that reflect the areas for which the majority of palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic information exist. Specifically, the chapter addresses the terrestrial sedimentary and fjordal environments of the Transantarctic Mountains and Lambert Glacier region, the terrestrial fossil record of Antarctic climate, terrestrial environments of West Antarctica, and the marine records of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) and the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS), as well as the marine record of the Southern Ocean. Previous and current studies focusing on modelling Middle Miocene to Pliocene climate, environments and ice sheets are discussed. http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4174 Title: The International Polar Years: A History of Developments in Antarctic Climate Evolution <br/> <br/>Authors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Meloni, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK <br/> <br/>Editors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia; Siegert, M.; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK <br/> <br/>Abstract: The first three International Polar Years (IPYs; 1882–1883, 1932–1933, 1957–1958) were major periods of intense multidisciplinary polar research, bringing significant new insights into global processes and laying the foundation of knowledge of the polar regions for future decades. The fourth IPY (2007–2009) continues the tradition of international science years and is one of the most ambitious internationally coordinated scientific research programmes ever attempted. In contrast to the three previous IPYs, the new IPY incorporates research within social science and its interface with the natural sciences. The new IPY also includes a wide range of education and outreach activities, and a commitment to excite and train the next generation of polar researchers. We discuss briefly the history of the IPYs, and their contribution to comprehending Antarctic Climate Evolution.