A New US Polar Research Vessel for the Twenty-First Century
Scientific and political interests at the poles are significant and rapidly increasing, driven in part by the effects of climate change and emerging geopolitical realities. The polar regions provide important services to global ecosystems and humankind, ranging from food and energy to freshwater and...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6e4a12e0f0134bed9e33e9ffcfea33bb 2023-05-15T14:02:10+02:00 A New US Polar Research Vessel for the Twenty-First Century Robert B. Dunbar Jon Alberts Carin Ashjian Vernon Asper Dale Chayes Eugene Domack Hugh Ducklow Bruce Huber Lawrence Lawver Daniel Oliver Doug Russell Craig R. Smith Maria Vernet 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/6e4a12e0f0134bed9e33e9ffcfea33bb EN eng The Oceanography Society http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-3_dunbar.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1042-8275 1042-8275 https://doaj.org/article/6e4a12e0f0134bed9e33e9ffcfea33bb Oceanography, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 204-207 (2012) polar research vessel Oceanography GC1-1581 article 2012 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T15:12:15Z Scientific and political interests at the poles are significant and rapidly increasing, driven in part by the effects of climate change and emerging geopolitical realities. The polar regions provide important services to global ecosystems and humankind, ranging from food and energy to freshwater and biodiversity. Yet the poles are experiencing changes at rates that far outpace the rest of the planet. Coastal Arctic communities are impacted by climate change through coastal erosion, sea level rise, ice loss, and altered marine food webs, threatening the future of their subsistence lifestyle. Climate change has dramatically increased the melt rate of ice sheets and glaciers at both poles and has the potential to significantly raise sea level worldwide. Oil and gas drilling as well as transportation in the Arctic have reached all-time high levels, in part because of reduced sea ice cover. Tourism is a growing industry at both poles, bringing more than 20,000 tourists each year to the western Antarctic Peninsula alone. The collateral effects of human activities include the potential for pollution of the marine environment, particularly through spills of hydrocarbons. Our ability to understand the effects of such activities and mishaps is limited, particularly in ice-covered areas during winter. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Arctic Climate change Sea ice ice covered areas Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Arctic |
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Scientific and political interests at the poles are significant and rapidly increasing, driven in part by the effects of climate change and emerging geopolitical realities. The polar regions provide important services to global ecosystems and humankind, ranging from food and energy to freshwater and biodiversity. Yet the poles are experiencing changes at rates that far outpace the rest of the planet. Coastal Arctic communities are impacted by climate change through coastal erosion, sea level rise, ice loss, and altered marine food webs, threatening the future of their subsistence lifestyle. Climate change has dramatically increased the melt rate of ice sheets and glaciers at both poles and has the potential to significantly raise sea level worldwide. Oil and gas drilling as well as transportation in the Arctic have reached all-time high levels, in part because of reduced sea ice cover. Tourism is a growing industry at both poles, bringing more than 20,000 tourists each year to the western Antarctic Peninsula alone. The collateral effects of human activities include the potential for pollution of the marine environment, particularly through spills of hydrocarbons. Our ability to understand the effects of such activities and mishaps is limited, particularly in ice-covered areas during winter. |
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Robert B. Dunbar Jon Alberts Carin Ashjian Vernon Asper Dale Chayes Eugene Domack Hugh Ducklow Bruce Huber Lawrence Lawver Daniel Oliver Doug Russell Craig R. Smith Maria Vernet |
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Robert B. Dunbar Jon Alberts Carin Ashjian Vernon Asper Dale Chayes Eugene Domack Hugh Ducklow Bruce Huber Lawrence Lawver Daniel Oliver Doug Russell Craig R. Smith Maria Vernet |
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A New US Polar Research Vessel for the Twenty-First Century |
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A New US Polar Research Vessel for the Twenty-First Century |
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A New US Polar Research Vessel for the Twenty-First Century |
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A New US Polar Research Vessel for the Twenty-First Century |
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A New US Polar Research Vessel for the Twenty-First Century |
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new us polar research vessel for the twenty-first century |
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The Oceanography Society |
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