The Changing Arctic
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Influence Of Climate Change On The Changing Arctic And Sub Arctic Conditions
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Author : Jacques Nihoul
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-01-25
Influence Of Climate Change On The Changing Arctic And Sub Arctic Conditions written by Jacques Nihoul and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-25 with Science categories.
The current warming trends in the Arctic may shove the Arctic system into a seasonally ice-free state not seen for more than one million years. The melting is accelerating, and researchers were unable to identify natural processes that might slow the deicing of the Arctic. Such substantial additional melting of Arctic and Antarctic glaciers and ice sheets would raise the sea level worldwide, flooding the coastal areas where many of the world's population lives. Studies, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Arizona, show that greenhouse gas increases over the next century could warm the Arctic by 3-5°C in summertime. Thus, Arctic summers by 2100 may be as warm as they were nearly 130,000 years ago, when sea levels eventually rose up to 6 m higher than today.
Changing Arctic Ocean
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Author : Roxana Sühring
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2021-05-25
Changing Arctic Ocean written by Roxana Sühring and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-25 with Science categories.
The Arctic is the most northern part of our Earth. It is a huge area that spans over several countries including; Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the USA. However, the largest part of the Arctic is not on land but is covered by water – the Arctic Ocean. For hundreds of thousands of years, large parts of the Arctic Ocean were covered by ice all year around. Many animals, such as polar bears, Arctic foxes, seals, fish and birds, and even some people have made this icy place their home. They have learned to live with the ice, and some animals even need it to live. But recently, things in the Arctic have been changing. You have probably already heard a lot about Climate Change. Climate Change impacts the long-term weather (climate) everywhere on our planet. Many areas get warmer, some get colder, and everywhere we see more extreme or unusual weather, such as storms, floods or droughts. But nowhere is Climate Change happening as fast as in the Arctic. You might have also heard about the “2°C goal”. This is a goal that many governments around the world have agreed to. The plan is essentially to make sure the average global warming of our atmosphere stays at less than 2°C compared to what people like to call “pre-industrial time” (the year 1948 is used as a reference). Right now, most of the world is at around 0.8°C warming. In the Arctic, we are already at 2.3°C warming – that is 0.3°C above what should be the absolute maximum according to the “2°C goal”. Now you probably ask why it is so bad that the Arctic is getting a bit warmer. That should make it a nicer place to live, right? Unfortunately, the warm temperature means that the ice that has covered the Arctic Ocean for all this time is melting. It looks like that will change the Arctic Ocean forever and with it the animals and people that call the Arctic their home. In this collection, we want to tell you what we, as scientists, know about the changes in the Arctic; how we investigate these changes and what we have learned from our travels to the Arctic and the analyses we do in our research institutes. We will tell you about how the higher temperatures in the Arctic change the ice. How very tiny animals can have a huge impact. We want to introduce you to life in the ice, under the ice, and at the seafloor. We will talk about processes that make the Arctic Ocean so special and chemicals that can travel from our homes and cities all the way to the Arctic.
The Changing Arctic Environment
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Author : David P. Stone
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-02-16
The Changing Arctic Environment written by David P. Stone and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-16 with Law categories.
An accessible, engagingly written book on Arctic environmental change and cooperation by an author intimately involved in Arctic science and policy.
The Changing Arctic
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Author : D. Nord
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-06-08
The Changing Arctic written by D. Nord and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-08 with Political Science categories.
Over the last few years the Arctic has become a region of growing interest to the international community. Major environmental, economic, social, and security issues are all in evidence within its borders today. Many feel that there is an urgent need to establish an effective governance structure for the area. The Arctic Council has offered a basic forum for circumpolar consultation and cooperation over the past two decades. However, it has not been an easy undertaking and the organization has had to wrestle with a series of internal and external impediments that have hindered its forward progress. This volume explores the efforts of Sweden, a recent Chair of the Arctic Council, to build an enhanced framework for consensus-building and governance within the circumpolar region. It examines its efforts to provide focused leadership for the Arctic Council and to advance the environmental protection and sustainable development missions of the organization. It considers the various means by which Sweden utilized its position as chair of the Arctic Council to promote its program for action in both these areas. It also explores how this leadership position enabled it to foster necessary organizational reform within the body. The book gives new insight into how both the formal and informal 'powers of the chair' can be utilized to facilitate institutional growth and change. It also provides new and useful understanding of how a small country like Sweden can harness key elements of 'soft power' to advance its foreign policy objectives in the Arctic. The author closely followed the undertakings of the Swedish Chairmanship team over its two years at the helm of this emerging Arctic international organization. He witnessed its several successes and a few of its disappointments. The volume offers a behind the scene view of the challenges and opportunities faced by contemporary diplomats as they pursue their efforts at international organization.
The Changing Arctic
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Changing Arctic written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Law categories.
The Changing Arctic And The European Union
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Author : Adam Stepien
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-10-15
The Changing Arctic And The European Union written by Adam Stepien and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-15 with Law categories.
The Changing Arctic and the European Union a book based on the report “Strategic Assessment of the Development of the Arctic: Assessment Conducted for the European Union”. It provides a balanced overview of changes taking place in the Arctic. The ways how the EU affects Arctic developments is considered, including the process of formulating an umbrella EU Arctic policy.
Sustainable Shipping In A Changing Arctic
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Author : Lawrence P. Hildebrand
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-08-11
Sustainable Shipping In A Changing Arctic written by Lawrence P. Hildebrand and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-11 with Law categories.
This volume brings together multiple perspectives on both the changing Arctic environment and the challenges and opportunities it presents for the shipping sector. It argues for the adoption of a forward-looking agenda that respects the fragile and changing Arctic frontier. With the accelerated interest in and potential for new maritime trade routes, commercial transportation and natural resource development, the pressures on the changing Arctic marine environment will only increase. The International Maritime Organization Polar Code is an important step toward Arctic stewardship. This new volume serves as an important guide to this rapidly developing agenda. Addressing a range of aspects, it offers a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, environmentalists and affected authorities in the shipping industry alike.
The Changing Arctic
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Author : Douglas C. Nord
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Changing Arctic written by Douglas C. Nord and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Whither The Arctic Ocean
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Author : Guillermo Auad
language : en
Publisher: Fundacion BBVA
Release Date : 2021-05-01
Whither The Arctic Ocean written by Guillermo Auad and has been published by Fundacion BBVA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-01 with Science categories.
Climate change in the Arctic Ocean has stirred a remarkable surge of interest and concern. Study after study has revealed the astonishing speed of physical, chemical, ecological, and economic change throughout the expanse of the Arctic. What is more, the consequences of the changing Arctic are not restricted to the Arctic itself, but affect everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, ranging as they do from extreme weather to resource availability and food security, with implications for politics, economics, and sociology. The challenge is to comprehend the full extent and variety of these consequences, and meeting this challenge will demand a multi- and transdisciplinary understanding. Only by this means can we hope to map out a knowledge-based ecosystem and move toward knowledge-based resource management—the essential precondition for any sustainable future. In this book, leading international experts, from many felds of science and across the entire pan-Arctic region, give their specifc takes on where the Arctic Ocean is heading. All have taken care in their writing not to exclude non-experts, in the conviction that multi- and transdisciplinarity can only be achieved when communication and outreach are not tribal in nature. The recurrent guiding theme throughout these pages is “Whith -er the Arctic Ocean?” Taken in concert, the essays synthesize the current state of scientifc knowledge to project how climate change may impact on the Arctic Ocean and the continents around it. How can and how should we prepare for the imminent future that is already lapping at the threshold of the commons? What readers will hopefully take from this multi- and transdisciplinary endeavor is not the individual perspective of each contribution, but the picture that emerges across the entire suite of essays. As we move into a near future that will encompass both the probable and surprises, this book attempts to conjure the multi-dimensional space in which a sustainable future must be brought into being.
Challenges Of The Changing Arctic
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Author : Myron H. Nordquist
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-03-31
Challenges Of The Changing Arctic written by Myron H. Nordquist and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-31 with Law categories.
Challenges of the Changing Arctic: Continental Shelf, Navigation, and Fisheries is part of a series of publications on oceans law and policy associated with the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia.