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Australasia: An Overview of Modern Climate and Paleoclimate during the Last Glacial Maximum

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Australasia is a collection of landmasses inclusive of the large Australian continent, the microcontinent of New Zealand, Pacific islands within the Indonesian archipelago, and most islands within Melanesia.1 Australasia encapsulates a wide range of terrestrial climates, with several ecological zones, from the equatorial tropical zone to the temperate middle latitudes.

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Lorrey, A.M., Bostock, H.C. (2014). Australasia: An Overview of Modern Climate and Paleoclimate during the Last Glacial Maximum. In: Beattie, J., O’Gorman, E., Henry, M. (eds) Climate, Science, and Colonization. Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137333933_2

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