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ABSTRACT: The geographic position, astronomic factors (e.g. the Earth’s maxi-mum distance from the Sun during winter), ice cover and altitude are the main factors af-fecting the climate of the Antarctic, which is the coldest place on Earth. Parts of Antarctica are facing the most rapid rates of anth...

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Main Author: Katarzyna J. Chwedorzewska
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
CONDITIONS AND THEIR INFLUENCE
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1028.893
http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-11dc364e-cd17-4c76-b71f-9ca8cc32a769/c/v10190-010-0002-6.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT: The geographic position, astronomic factors (e.g. the Earth’s maxi-mum distance from the Sun during winter), ice cover and altitude are the main factors af-fecting the climate of the Antarctic, which is the coldest place on Earth. Parts of Antarctica are facing the most rapid rates of anthropogenic climate change currently seen on the plan-et. Climate changes are occurring throughout Antarctica, affecting three major groups of environmental variables of considerable biological signifi cance: temperature, water, UV-B radiation. Low diversity ecosystems are expected to be more vulnerable to global changes than high diversity ecosystems.

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