"Antarctica: A Key To Global Change" ed. by Masaki Kanao,Genti Toyokuni, Masa-Yuki Yamamoto

This book aims to compile the achievements of projects related to the IPY and post-IPY era, focusing especially on surface environmental variations associated with climate change, such as global warming.

The most exciting initiative in the polar region was the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-2008, conducted as the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). The initiative greatly enhanced the exchange of ideas across nations and scientific disciplines to unveil the status and changes of planet Earth. This sort of interdisciplinary exchange helps us to understand and address grand challenges, such as rapid environmental change and its impact on society.

Contents
1. Introductory Chapter: Antarctica - A Key to Global Change
2. ULF Geomagnetic Activity Signatures in the Atmospheric Parameters in Antarctica
3. Advanced HF Communications for Remote Sensors in Antarctica
4. New Perspectives on Blowing Snow in Antarctica and Implications for Ice Sheet Mass Balance
5. Water Balance and Thermal Regime of Lakes in Antarctic Oases
6. The Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula during the Twentieth Century: Evidence from Ice Cores
7. Characteristic Infrasound Events Associated with Sea-Ice Discharges in the Lützow-Holm Bay of Antarctica: April 2016
8. Human Beings in Antarctica