Impacts of a warming Arctic : Arctic Climate Impact Assessment / [author: Susan Joy Hassol].

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A report of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), a comprehensive examination of climatic changes in the Arctic Region and what they may portend globally. The ACIA is based on five climate models, findings from hundreds of Arctic researchers worldwide, and perspectives of Arctic Indigenous P...

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Main Author: Hassol, Susan
Corporate Authors: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
International Arctic Science Committee
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Arctic regions.
Habitat (Ecology) > Arctic regions.
Sea ice > Arctic regions.
Greenhouse gases > Arctic regions.
Ultraviolet radiation > Arctic regions.
Ethnoecology > Arctic regions.
Global warming.
Global environmental change.
Arctic regions > Environmental conditions.
Arctic regions > Climate.
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Physical Description:1 electronic text (139 pages) : color illustrations, color maps, PDF file ; 14.7 mb.
Variant Title:
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
ACIA overview report. [Other title]
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Context
  • Executive summary: Arctic climate change and its impacts
  • Key findings
  • Arctic climate trends
  • Impacts on natural systems
  • Impacts on society
  • Sub-regional impacts
  • Supporting evidence for the key findings: Arctic climate change
  • Global implications
  • Vegetation changes
  • Animal species shifts
  • Coastal impacts
  • Marine transportation
  • Thawing ground
  • Indigenous communities
  • Ultraviolet radiation
  • Multiple stresses
  • Selected sub-regional overview
  • Improving future assessments
  • Concluding thoughts.