Editorial: The Russian Far North - a landscape in transition

• Main Author: Annett Bartsch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2015
• Subjects: climate change; natural resources; geo; demo; Yamal Peninsula; permafrost; taiga; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e14cf1b8914544678aeedc020f90d0c3

The Russian Far North is constantly changing with respect to natural as well as socio-economic conditions. Larger temperature and precipitation changes than elsewhere in the world are predicted for this region (IPCC 2013). It includes most of the Northern Eurasian tundra biome with its abundance of...