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Author: Donald Rothwell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-11-13
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780521561822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA review of international law in the polar regions and its importance to the environment and to international relations.
Author: Alexander Kokhanovsky
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-01-29
Total Pages: 723
ISBN-13: 3030335666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents current knowledge on chemistry and physics of Arctic atmosphere. Special attention is given to studies of the Arctic haze phenomenon, Arctic tropospheric clouds, Arctic fog, polar stratospheric and mesospheric clouds, atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics and radiative transfer as related to the polar environment. The atmosphere-cryosphere feedbacks and atmospheric remote sensing techniques are presented in detail. The problems of climate change in the Arctic are also addressed.
Author: Reinhard Pienitz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-11-08
Total Pages: 579
ISBN-13: 1402021267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConcerns about the effects of global climate change have focused attention on the vulnerability of circumpolar regions. This book offers a synthesis of the spectrum of techniques available for generating long-term environmental records from circumpolar lakes.
Author: David N. Thomas
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2021-01-26
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 1118846540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Arctic is often portrayed as being isolated, but the reality is that the connectivity with the rest of the planet is huge, be it through weather patterns, global ocean circulation, and large-scale migration patterns to name but a few. There is a huge amount of public interest in the ‘changing Arctic’, especially in terms of the rapid changes taking place in ecosystems and exploitation of resources. There can be no doubt that the Arctic is at the forefront of the international environmental science agenda, both from a scientific aspect, and also from a policy/environmental management perspective. This book aims to stimulate a wide audience to think about the Arctic by highlighting the remarkable breadth of what it means to study its ecology. Arctic Ecology seeks to systematically introduce the diverse array of ecologies within the Arctic region. As the Arctic rapidly changes, understanding the fundamental ecology underpinning the Arctic is paramount to understanding the consequences of what such change will inevitably bring about. Arctic Ecology is designed to provide graduate students of environmental science, ecology and climate change with a source where Arctic ecology is addressed specifically, with issues due to climate change clearly discussed. It will also be of use to policy-makers, researchers and international agencies who are focusing on ecological issues and effects of global climate change in the Arctic. About the Editor David N. Thomas is Professor of Arctic Ecosystem Research in the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki. Previously he spent 24 years in the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales. He studies marine systems, with a particular emphasis on sea ice and land-coast interactions in the Arctic and Southern Oceans as well as the Baltic Sea. He also edited a related book: Sea Ice, 3rd Edition (2017), which is also published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Author: Oran R. Young
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780801480690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCo-recipient of the 1994 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, given by the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies AssociationA region of critical environmental significance, the Arctic continues to be the focus of international conflicts of interest. How well have nations succeeded in creating regimes that establish international rights and responsibilities in the circumpolar North?
Author: D.N. Thomas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-03-20
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0199298114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions, and their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change. This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to polar ecology. The emphasis is on the organisms that dominate these environments although pollution, conservation and experimental aspects are also considered.
Author: J.A. Dowdeswell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-09-17
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1351465643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis timely book presents a wide-ranging review of Arctic environmental change in response to global warming, and gives a broad insight into the transformation of the Arctic which we can expect during the next century. It is in high northern latitudes that we can expect to observe global warming at its most powerful, making it a natural laboratory where climate changes and their impacts can be monitored and studied more readily than elsewhere in the world. Fourteen authoritative reviews cover the predictions of warming rates by General Circulation Models; variabilities in atmospheric circulation and moisture flux; the dynamics of the polar vortex in the Arctic and its role in ozone loss; the countervailing influence of air pollution in reducing solar irradiance; and the impact of climatic change on Arctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Also detailed are the thermohaline circulation of the ocean, the extent and thickness of sea ice, the sizes of glaciers and ice sheets, and the extent of permafrost. Moving to past changes, the records from Greenland ice cores and deep ocean drilling are reviewed for what they tell us about past climates and glaciation in the Arctic., The book paints a vivid and disturbing picture of the enhanced warming that can be expected in the Arctic relative to lower latitudes, and of the major impacts that this will have on the northern cryosphere. It will be an invaluable reference for anyone seeking a greater understanding of the factors and processes affecting the arctic environment, which may ultimately have a major impact on global climatic change.
Author: Erno Meszaros
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1993-02-22
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780873716628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an excellent reference for atmospheric scientists, policy makers, environmental managers, and environmental consultants. Topics covered include acid rain, greenhouse gases, stratospheric ozone, and the air chemistry of various materials - from their emission into the atmosphere to their removal. CONTENTS: Introduction: Past Changes in Atmospheric Environment. Present Variations of the Atmospheric Concentrations and Emissions of Trace Substances. Formation and Destruction of Trace Substances within the Atmosphere. Removal of Trace Substances from the Atmosphere. Atmospheric Cycles and Their Changes. Environmental Consequences of Anthropogenic Modifications: The Future of the Atmosphere. Index.
Author: U. Bleil
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 811
ISBN-13: 9400920296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Bremen, Germany, October 10-14, 1988
Author: Dana Desonie
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 143810569X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPollutants released in developed lands travel on air and water currents into these regions, the ozone hole has widened over Antarctica, and global warming is causing its greatest damage. This book explains how scientists are providing forewarning of the changes that can come to the entire planet if society continues on its current trajectory.
