Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ørbæk, Jon Børre (Editor), Kallenborn, Roland (Editor), Tombre, Ingunn (Editor), Hegseth, Else N. (Editor), Falk-Petersen, Stig (Editor), Hoel, Alf H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Geobiology.; Ecosystems.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.

This book addresses the significant environmental changes experienced by high latitude and high altitude ecosystems at the beginning of the 21st c- tury. Increased temperatures and precipitation, reduction in sea ice and glacier ice, the increased levels of UV-radiation and the long-range tra- porte...