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Final Thoughts/Conclusion
Pages 40-42

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... For example: Antarctic has grown tremendously over the past • By better understanding the process driving several decades, and yet much more remains to changes in the Antarctic's massive ice be discovered. Many of the places, processes, and sheet, we can better foresee and plan for sea ecosystems in Antarctica remain as mysterious level rise that could reshape coastlines and as those on other planets.
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From page 41...
... Several crucial elements of the current Antarctic Treaty will be The array of pressing challenges that society open for possible modification in the year 2048, faces today are daunting -- addressing global and there is already speculation about whether climate change and mitigating the impacts that transition will stoke new international of natural disasters; fighting new and retensions -- for instance, if some countries will emerging diseases; providing robust security push for opening the Antarctic to extraction of for essential technological systems; reversing mineral or petroleum resources, for greatly environmental degradation; and alleviating expanding commercial fishing, or for using poverty and providing sustainable sources of energy, food, and water to all, to name a few. But strong, enduring support for scientific research and discovery -- including in "distant" places such as the Antarctic -- has an important place among these priorities, given Antarctica's global importance.
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From page 42...
... Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. NRC (National Research Council)
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