Frontiers in understanding climate change and polar ecosystems
Subtitle: report of a workshop
By: Committee for the Workshop on Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems, Polar Research Board, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Polar Research Board
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780309210874
Subjects: Biodiversity; Congresses; Climatic changes; Climatic factors; Biotic communities; Ecosystem management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-55).

Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: Workshop themes; Plenary presentations: recent insights in polar ecosystem science; title: 2. Frontier Questions In Climate Change And Polar Ecosystems: Will a rapidly shrinking cryosphere tip polar ecosystems into new states?; What are the key polar ecosystem processes that will be the "First Responders" to climate forcing?; What are the bi-directional gateways and feedbacks between the poles and the global climate system?; How is climate change altering biodiversity in Polar regions and what will be the regional and global impacts?; How will increases in human activities intensify ecosystem impacts in the Polar regions?; title: 3. Methods And Technologies To Address The Frontier Questions: Emerging technologies; Sustained long-term observations; Data synthesis and management; Science-to-society interface: data dissemination and outreach; title: 4. Final Thoughts; title: Appendixes: A. Workshop agenda & statement of task; B. Plenary abstracts; C. Participants; D. Biographical sketches of committee members.