NEW PARUTION: What holds the Arctic together?

PRESENTATION - Web site Harmattan The Arctic region is undergoing dramatic transformation. Rapid change due to climate warming is currently affecting the Arctic more than any other region in the world: the permafrost is melting, glaciers are receding, the sea ice is shrinking. With the melting of ic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faure, A.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:French
Published: What Holds Canada Together ? 2012
Subjects:
geo
Ice
Online Access:http://canadatogether.hypotheses.org/1229
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Summary:PRESENTATION - Web site Harmattan The Arctic region is undergoing dramatic transformation. Rapid change due to climate warming is currently affecting the Arctic more than any other region in the world: the permafrost is melting, glaciers are receding, the sea ice is shrinking. With the melting of ice, the circumpolar region is subject to increasing forces of globalization, and navigation through the Northwest and the Northeast passages is rapidly emerging as a practical and commercial proposi.