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Threats to the Arctic

  • 1st Edition - June 18, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Scott Elias
  • Language: English

Threats to the Arctic discusses all the current threats to this fragile region, emphasizing the interconnections between many environmental impacts, as well as the teleconne… Read more

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Description

Threats to the Arctic discusses all the current threats to this fragile region, emphasizing the interconnections between many environmental impacts, as well as the teleconnections between events already emerging in the Arctic (ocean circulation changes, melting of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets) and other parts of the world. The book's aim is to inform readers about the impending, sometimes irreversible changes coming to the Arctic. University students, environmental engineers, policymakers and sociologists with an interest in the role of the Arctic in global change will benefit from the book's unique perspective.

As this remote, inhospitable part of the world that few people will ever visit provides amazing insights, we can no longer have an 'out of sight – out of mind’ approach to the environmental upheavals taking place in the Arctic.

Key features

  • Provides the most up-to-date information on this rapidly changing, critical part of the world
  • Offers a holistic understanding of the interconnections between global environmental changes and impacts in the Arctic
  • Examines fact-based pressure on politics and industry to preserve Arctic biota and environments

Readership

University students, environmental engineers, policy makers, and sociologists with an interest in the role of the Arctic in global change

Table of contents

SECTION 1 Arctic Seas

1. Loss of sea ice

2. Rising sea-surface temperatures

3. Changes in ocean circulation patterns

4. Sea level change

5. Impacts of ocean acidification on Arctic marine ecosystems

6. Impacts of chemical pollution on marine ecosystems

7. Impacts of overfishing in Arctic and subarctic waters

8. Impacts of global shipping to Arctic Ocean ecosystems

SECTION 2 Arctic ice

9. Decline in mountain glaciers

10. Changes in Arctic Island Ice Sheets

11. Greenland Ice Sheet

SECTION 3 Arctic lands

12. Changes in terrestrial environments

13. Impacts of global change

14. Invasive species

15. Impacts of oil and mineral extraction

16. Impacts of permafrost degradation

SECTION 4 Arctic peoples

17. Threats to Native ways of life

18. Changing political landscape of the Arctic

Review quotes

"It is truly an encyclopedic work. The book is written in very readable prose and should be an extremely valuable reference work for a wide audience: university-level students, the interested public, and experts in the various fields that are covered."—Astrid E.J. Ogilvie Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 18, 2021
  • Language: English

About the author

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Scott Elias

Scott A. Elias grew up in Colorado, USA, and received both an undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Environmental Biology from the University of Colorado. He went on to do postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the University of Berne, Switzerland. Scott returned to the University of Colorado in 1982 and became a research associate of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. In 2000 he took a lectureship in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and became a Professor of Quaternary Science in 2007. He has served as editor-in-chief of three editions of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, and co-editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Geology and the Cryosphere Comprehensive.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Colorado, Westminster, Colorado, USA

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