Introduction

Every week, stories about the Arctic, usually addressing the state of sea ice extent and thickness, diminishing glaciers, rapidly thawing permafrost, acidification of the Arctic Ocean, the resource potential of the region, the opening of new shipping routes, and possible geopolitical tensions, appea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dodds, Klaus, Nuttall, Mark
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
Subjects:
Ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wentk/9780190649814.003.0050
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Summary:Every week, stories about the Arctic, usually addressing the state of sea ice extent and thickness, diminishing glaciers, rapidly thawing permafrost, acidification of the Arctic Ocean, the resource potential of the region, the opening of new shipping routes, and possible geopolitical tensions, appear in the...