Stone D.P. The changing Arctic environment: the Arctic Messenger. - New York: Cambridge university press, 2015. - xiv, 360 p.: ill. - Bibliogr.: 323-353. - Ind.: p.355-360. - ISBN 978-1-107-09441-3 Шифр: (И/Б1-S86) 02  Место хранения:   02 | Отделение ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

Acknowledgements ............................................... ix Acronyms ....................................................... xi 1 Personal Beginnings .......................................... 1 PART i: THE CHANGING ARCTIC ..................................... 9 2 The Arctic Messenger ........................................ 11 PART II: WORKING TOGETHER ...................................... 21 3 The Arctic Messenger Gains a Voice: The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme .................................... 23 PART III: WHAT IS THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE? .............. 41 4 Radioactivity ............................................... 43 5 Heroic Efforts .............................................. 70 6 Acidification and Arctic Haze ............................... 76 7 Stratospheric Ozone Depletion ............................... 85 8 Persistent Organic Pollutants and Heavy Metals (Including Mercury) ................................................... 106 9 Conducting Marine Science in the Arctic .................... 181 10 Climate Change in the Arctic ............................... 194 PART IV: WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? ............................. 265 11 Thoughts on Education, the Training of Arctic Scientists, and Arctic Research ........................................ 267 12 The Long and the Short of It: Has the Arctic Messenger Been Noticed? What Can Be Done? ............................ 279 13 Epilogue: Keeping the Rovaniemi Flame Alive ................ 300 Appendix I: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ..................................................... 307 Appendix II: What Will Happen in the Future If We Do Nothing or If We Try Very Hard to Aggressively Reduce GHG Emissions: Projected Change Under Different Emission Scenarios .................................................. 309 Appendix III: Some Geophysical Background Notes Related to Climate and Weather ........................................ 314 Appendix IУ: Orbital Forting .................................. 318 Appendix V: The Concept of Commitment ......................... 320 Bibliography .................................................. 323 Credits ....................................................... 351 Index ......................................................... 355