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ftarcticcouncil:oai:https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org:11374/1055 2024-09-15T17:34:38+00:00 SWIPA Summary for policymakers. (DRAFT). Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) 2011 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11374/1055 en eng Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2011. SWIPA Summary for policymakers. (DRAFT). Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). http://hdl.handle.net/11374/1055 Other 2011 ftarcticcouncil 2024-07-05T03:05:32Z "This report presents AMAP‟s new assessment of the impacts of climate change on Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA). It brings together the latest scientific knowledge about the changing state of each component of the Arctic "cryosphere‟. It examines how these changes will impact both the Arctic as a whole and people living within the Arctic and elsewhere in the world. "Cryosphere‟ is the scientific term for the part of Earth‟s surface that is seasonally or perennially frozen. It includes snow, frozen ground, ice on rivers and lakes, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets and sea ice. The cryosphere structures the physical environment of the Arctic. It provides services to humans such as freshwater supplies and transport routes. The cryosphere is an integral part of the climate system, and affects climate regionally and globally. The SWIPA report follows on from the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), published in 2005. It aims to update the findings from ACIA and to provide more in-depth coverage of issues related to the Arctic cryosphere." /./ Other/Unknown Material ACIA AMAP Arctic Arctic Climate Impact Assessment arctic cryosphere Arctic Climate change Ice permafrost Sea ice Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic SWIPA Arctic Council Repository |
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"This report presents AMAP‟s new assessment of the impacts of climate change on Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA). It brings together the latest scientific knowledge about the changing state of each component of the Arctic "cryosphere‟. It examines how these changes will impact both the Arctic as a whole and people living within the Arctic and elsewhere in the world. "Cryosphere‟ is the scientific term for the part of Earth‟s surface that is seasonally or perennially frozen. It includes snow, frozen ground, ice on rivers and lakes, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets and sea ice. The cryosphere structures the physical environment of the Arctic. It provides services to humans such as freshwater supplies and transport routes. The cryosphere is an integral part of the climate system, and affects climate regionally and globally. The SWIPA report follows on from the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), published in 2005. It aims to update the findings from ACIA and to provide more in-depth coverage of issues related to the Arctic cryosphere." /./ |
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