01817nas a2200169   4500008004100000245017100041210006900212260001200281300001300293490000700306520116600313100002601479700002001505700002001525700002401545856007801569       2021                        eng d00aResearch sites get closer to field camps over time: Informing environmental management through a geospatial analysis of science in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica0 aResearch sites get closer to field camps over time Informing env  c11/2021  ae02579500 v163 a<p>As in many parts of the world, the management of environmental science research in Antarctica relies on cost-benefit analysis of negative environmental impact versus positive scientific gain. Several studies have examined the environmental impact of Antarctic field camps, but very little work looks at how the placement of these camps influences scientific research. In this study, we integrate bibliometrics, geospatial analysis, and historical research to understand the relationship between field camp placement and scientific production in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of East Antarctica. Our analysis of the scientific corpus from 1907&ndash;2016 shows that, on average, research sites have become less dispersed and closer to field camps over time. Scientific output does not necessarily correspond to the number of field camps, and constructing a field camp does not always lead to a subsequent increase in research in the local area. Our results underscore the need to consider the complex historical and spatial relationships between field camps and research sites in environmental management decision-making in Antarctica and other protected areas.</p>1 aChignell, Stephen, M.1 aMyers, Madeline1 aHowkins, Adrian1 aFountain, Andrew, G  uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.025795002115nas a2200181   4500008004100000245013800041210006900179260001200248520140900260653001501669653001701684653003601701653002901737653004501766100002601811700002001837856007601857       2020                        eng d00aThe rise of technocratic environmentalism: the United States, Antarctica, and the globalisation of the environmental impact statement0 arise of technocratic environmentalism the United States Antarcti  c05/20203 a<p>Environmental impact statements (EISs), and the related environmental impact assessments (EIAs) which precede them, have become central elements of environmental management, governance, and policy worldwide since their introduction in the United States in 1970. Assessing environmental impact has a particular force and centrality within modern Antarctic environmental management and governance too. This article investigates the ways in which the United States used EISs and EIAs in Antarctica between 1970 and 1982 &ndash; during their first decade of existence in US law and during a geopolitically and scientifically vibrant decade in Antarctic affairs &ndash; as a way of illuminating the broader conceptual and historical aspects of this central, though understudied, environmental governance tool and framework. We historicise and draw attention to the EIS &ndash; individually, as a regulatory genre, and as a genre that articulates regional, global and planetary environments &ndash; as highly influential and powerful documents demanding attention from environmental historians and historical geographers. We argue that the prominence of EISs in Antarctica arose because they appealed to top-down, process-oriented approaches favoured in Antarctic governance &ndash; a technocratic environmentalism &ndash; and because of their spatial elements, particularly their tendency to upscaling.</p>10aAntarctica10aConservation10aEnvironmental impact statements10aEnvironmental protection10aNational Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)1 aAntonello, Alessandro1 aHowkins, Adrian  uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030574882030027X