Impacts of a warming Arctic : Arctic climate impact assessment /

By:

Hassol, Susan Joy

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, U.K. Cambridge University Press 2004Description: 139 pages : col. ill. ; 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521617782 (pbk.)

Other title:

Arctic climate impact assessment
ACIA overview report

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.738/7409113 22

LOC classification:

QC994.8 .H37 2004

Other classification:

S CLIM.060 HasS 2004 ASFPM

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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.

Summary: A summary 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 Peoples.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	ASFPM Library	S CLIM.060 HasS 2004 ASFPM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000213

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"ACIA [Arctic Climate Impact Assessment] is a project implemented by AMAP [Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme], CAFF [Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna], and IASC [International Arctic Science Committee]"--Pref.

Staff. Public.

A summary 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 Peoples.