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The Arctic in the Anthropocene
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ISBN: 0309301866 030930184X 9780309301848 0309301831 9780309301831 9780309301831 Year: 2014 Publisher: Washington, District of Columbia

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Opportunities and priorities in Arctic geoscience
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ISBN: 0309044855 9786610203802 1280203803 0309583306 0585085684 9780585085685 9780309044851 9780309583305 Year: 1991 Publisher: Washington, D.C. National Academy Press

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Geology --- Arctic regions --- Research.


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The Arctic
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ISBN: 153617307X 9781536173079 9781536173062 Year: 2020 Publisher: New York

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"The importance of the Arctic in many fields of human activity strongly increased over the past decades. The academic scientific research demonstrates a 3-fold increase in the number of journal articles dealing with "Arctic": from 1,400 in 2000 to 4,200 in 2018. This increase is not fortuitous but certainly stems from double importance of Arctic regions for humanity. The first importance is the role that the Arctic plays in the on-going environmental changes, mostly linked to climate warming and environmental pollution. Here, the first key issues are the Arctic Ocean, ice melt, permafrost thaw, greenhouse gases emission, and organic carbon mobilization from soils to rivers. From the other hand, highly fragile Arctic ecosystems and biota are strongly affected by environmental pollution, be it organic compounds or toxic metals and radionuclides. The rising concern of humanity to the key role of the Arctic in climate regulation on the planetary scale and the extreme fragility of its ecosystem, biota and native population to on-going environmental change can certainly explain an explosive interest of scientific researchers to the Arctic in connection with 'climate change'. The second big issue of the Arctic is its eminent role in problems of natural resources. The Artic shelf contains vast amount of hydrocarbons (gas and oil), whereas the terrestrial polar regions, now liberating from ice, may turn out to be highly important sites of future ore industry. The importance of possibly ice-free Arctic Ocean as future maritime shipping routes will further enhance the accessibility of natural resources in this region. Taken together, this can be the main driving factors of almost exponential increase in the interest to natural resources in the Arctic over past few years. The present book addresses a wide variety of environmental, social and economic issues of the Arctic, in response to rising interest to this region in academic science, sociology and business. The 14 chapters represent state-of-the art reviews written by the experts on problems of native communities, climate change, political issues, implementation of large-scale projects, natural resources and conservation, environmental monitoring and assessment of pollution issues"--


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Arcticness
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ISBN: 9781787350137 9781787350120 1787350126 1787350134 1787350150 9781787350151 1787350142 9781787350144 Year: 2017 Publisher: London UCL Press

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Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world – or so we are told. But what about the views, interests and needs of the peoples who live in the region? This volume explores the opportunities and limitations in engaging with the Arctic under change, and the Arctic peoples experiencing the changes, socially and physically. With essays by both academics and Arctic peoples, integrating multiple perspectives and multiple disciplines, the book covers social, legal, political, geographical, scientific and creative questions related to Arcticness, to address the challenges faced by the Arctic as a region and specifically by local communities. As well as academic essays, the contributions to the book include personal reflections, a graphic essay, and poetry, to ensure wide and varied coverage of the Arctic experience – what the contributions all have in common is the fundamental human perspective. Topics covered in the essays include indigenous identity and livelihoods such as reindeer herding, and adapting to modern identities; a graphic essay on the experience of Arctic indigenous peoples in residential schools; the effects of climate change; energy in the Arctic; and extractive industries and their impacts on local communities. The book includes reflections on the future of Arcticness, engaging with communities to ensure meaningful representation and as a counterpoint to the primacy of environmental, national and global issues.


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Who owns the Arctic?: understanding sovereignty disputes in the North
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ISBN: 9781553654995 Year: 2010 Publisher: Vancouver Douglas & McIntyre


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Arctic bibliography.
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ISBN: 0773593322 9780773593329 9780773590762 0773590765 Year: 1975 Publisher: Montreal [Quebec] Beaconsfield, Quebec

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The Arctic
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ISBN: 185109072X 9781851090723 Year: 1989 Volume: 99 Publisher: Oxford Clio Press

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Eskimo prehistory
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ISBN: 0416129803 9780416129809 Year: 1969 Publisher: London Methuen

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Future directions for the National Science Foundation's Arctic Natural Sciences Program
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ISBN: 0309061938 9786612081811 1282081810 0309523117 0585143587 9780585143583 9780309061933 6612081813 9780309161933 0305061938 Year: 1998 Publisher: Washington, D.C. National Academy Press


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A fabulous kingdom : the exploration of the Arctic
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ISBN: 0190267879 1280595620 9786613625458 0199930775 9780199930777 9780199837809 0199837805 9780190267872 9781280595622 6613625450 0199942765 9780199942763 Year: 2012 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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"The second edition of A Fabulous Kingdom will explain the history of the arctic and describe the current scientific and environmental issues that threaten this fascinating region"--

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