Future Arctic Field Notes from a World on the Edge /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Struzik, Edward (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Environment, general.

In one hundred years, or even fifty, the Arctic will look dramatically different than it does today. As polar ice retreats and animals and plants migrate northward, the arctic landscape is morphing into something new and very different from what it once was. While these changes may seem remote, they...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1: Eight-Foot-Long Beavers, Scimitar Cats, and Woolly Mammoths: What the Past Tells Us about the Future Arctic
• 2: Oil and Ice
• 3: The Arctic Ocean: A Sleeping Giant Wakes Up
• 4: Stormy Arctic: The New Normal
• 5: The Arctic Melting Pot
• 6: Lords of the Arctic No More
• 7: Caribou at the Crossroads
• 8: Paradise Lost
• 9: Drill, Baby, Drill
• 10: The Need for an Arctic Treaty
• 11: Conclusion.