Influence of climate change on the changing Arctic and sub-Arctic conditions
By: edited by Jacques C.J. Nihoul and Andrey G. Kostianoy.
Contributors: Nihoul, Jacques C. J.; Kosti︠a︡noĭ, A. G.
Series: NATO science for peace and security series. Series C, Environmental security; NATO science for peace and security series
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781402094583; 9781402094590; 9781402094606
Subjects: Ecology -- Arctic regions -- Congresses; Climatic changes -- Arctic regions -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: The current warming trends in the Arctic may shove the Arctic system into a seasonally ice-free state not seen for more than one million years. The melting is accelerating, and researchers were unable to identify natural processes that might slow the deicing of the Arctic. Such substantial additional melting of Arctic and Antarctic glaciers and ice sheets would raise the sea level worldwide, flooding the coastal areas where many of the world's population lives. Studies, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Arizona, show that greenhouse gas increases over the next century could warm the Arctic by 3-5°C in summertime. Thus, Arctic summers by 2100 may be as warm as they were nearly 130,000 years ago, when sea levels eventually rose up to 6 m higher than today.
Notes: "Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Influence of Climate Change on the Changing Arctic and Sub-Arctic Conditions, Liège, Belgium, 8-10 May 2008"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.