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.
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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
