An Assessment of the Effects of Climate Warming on Energy Developments in the Mackenzie River Valley and Delta, Canadian Arctic.

• Published in: Energy Exploration & Exploitation
• Main Authors: Lonergan, Stephen, Young, Kathy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1989
• Subjects: Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology; Nuclear Energy and Engineering; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Arctic; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie Valley; Climate change; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014459878900700508; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/014459878900700508

Climate warming is expected to have its greatest impact in Arctic regions, with predictions being made of temperature increases in summer months as high as ten degrees Celsius under a doubling of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Such changes would have significant impacts on energy operation...