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Title Mid-term assessment of progress on the 2015 Strategic Vision for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research / Committee on a Mid-Term Assessment of NSF Progress on the 2015 Strategic Vision for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research ; Polar Research Board ; Division on Earth and Life Studies.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 140 pages) : illustrations (some color), map, color charts
Series Consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Consensus study report.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-129).
Contents Front Matter -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Priority I : Changing Antarctic Ice Sheets -- 3. Priority II : Using Genomics to Understand How Antarctic Biota Evolve and Adapt -- 4. Priority III : How Did the Universe Begin? -- 5. Broad-Based Investigator-Driven Antarctic Research -- 6. Cross-Cutting Research-Wide Issues -- References -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff -- Appendix B: Community Input Participants.
Summary The Antarctic's unique environment and position on the globe make it a prime location to gain insights into how Earth and the universe operate. This report assesses National Science Foundation (NSF) progress in addressing three priority research areas identified in a 2015 National Academies report: (1) understanding the linkages between ice sheets and sea-level rise, including both a focus on current rates of ice sheet change and studies of past major ice sheet retreat episodes; (2) understanding biological adaptations to the extreme and changing Antarctic environment; and (3) establishing a next-generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) program, partly located in Antarctica, to study the origins of the universe.
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Subject Global environmental change.
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica.
Research -- Antarctica.
Global environmental change.
Research.
Scientific expeditions.
Antarctica.
Added Author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), Committee on a Mid-Term Assessment of NSF Progress on the 2015 Strategic Vision for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research, issuing body.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Polar Research Board, issuing body.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies, issuing body.
Other Form: Print version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Mid-Term Assessment of Progress on the 2015 Strategic Vision for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2022 9780309268073
ISBN 9780309268141 (electronic book)
0309268141 (electronic book)
9780309268073 (paperback)
0309268079 (paperback)