{"product_id":"australia-oceania-antarctica-kevin-hillstrom-9781576076941","title":"Australia, Oceania, \u0026 Antarctica: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA concise yet thorough overview of environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey 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 how is global climate change threatening the South Pacific's species-rich coral reefs? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003eAustralia, Oceania, and Antarctica\u003c\/i\u003e tackles the difficult issues, tough problems, and political controversies surrounding these lands of extremes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Hillstrom,Laurie Collier Hillstrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1576076946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781576076941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.02w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 727","brand":"Kevin Hillstrom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088583405823,"sku":"9781576076941","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13477611-97e4-4091-9825-779d83758407.jpg?v=1769105577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/australia-oceania-antarctica-kevin-hillstrom-9781576076941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}