Foreword to the special issue: Arctic Palaeoclimate and Its Extremes (APEX)
The recent mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet (Chen et al. 2006), the observed increases in the velocity of its fast-flowing outlets (Luthcke et al. 2006) and the melting of the permafrost demonstrate the profound changes occurring in the Arctic region as a result of global warming (ACIA 2005). Th...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2875 2023-05-15T14:24:18+02:00 Foreword to the special issue: Arctic Palaeoclimate and Its Extremes (APEX) Jakobsson, Martin 2008-08-01 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2875 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i2.6182 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2875/6502 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2875 doi:10.3402/polar.v27i2.6182 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 27 No. 2 (2008): Special issue: Arctic Palaeoclimate and its Extremes (APEX); 97-104 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2008 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v27i2.6182 2021-11-11T19:13:21Z The recent mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet (Chen et al. 2006), the observed increases in the velocity of its fast-flowing outlets (Luthcke et al. 2006) and the melting of the permafrost demonstrate the profound changes occurring in the Arctic region as a result of global warming (ACIA 2005). This is corroborated by systematic satellite monitoring that shows there has been a progressive decrease in the extent of sea ice over the last 30 years, with a record low in 2007 (Comiso et al. 2008). Forward modelling predicts accelerated rates of sea-ice disintegration and the almost complete disappearance of Arctic Ocean summer sea-ice cover within this century. It is clear that the environment in the Arctic is changing at a pace not previously monitored by humankind. It is equally clear, however, that to place the current changes in a millennial time perspective, we need to know more about the Pleistocene natural variability and amplitude of, for example, the Greenland ice sheet, Arctic Ocean sea ice and permafrost. Such a longer time perspective can only be established through international collaborative and multidisciplinary studies of nature’s own archives, such as marine and terrestrial stratigraphic records, sediment distribution and landforms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Global warming Greenland Ice Ice Sheet permafrost Polar Research Sea ice Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland Polar Research 27 2 |
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The recent mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet (Chen et al. 2006), the observed increases in the velocity of its fast-flowing outlets (Luthcke et al. 2006) and the melting of the permafrost demonstrate the profound changes occurring in the Arctic region as a result of global warming (ACIA 2005). This is corroborated by systematic satellite monitoring that shows there has been a progressive decrease in the extent of sea ice over the last 30 years, with a record low in 2007 (Comiso et al. 2008). Forward modelling predicts accelerated rates of sea-ice disintegration and the almost complete disappearance of Arctic Ocean summer sea-ice cover within this century. It is clear that the environment in the Arctic is changing at a pace not previously monitored by humankind. It is equally clear, however, that to place the current changes in a millennial time perspective, we need to know more about the Pleistocene natural variability and amplitude of, for example, the Greenland ice sheet, Arctic Ocean sea ice and permafrost. Such a longer time perspective can only be established through international collaborative and multidisciplinary studies of nature’s own archives, such as marine and terrestrial stratigraphic records, sediment distribution and landforms. |
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