The impact of human activity in the Arctic on climate and climate impacts
Human activities in the Arctic are often mentioned as recipients of climate-change impacts. In this paper we consider the more complicated but more likely possibility that human activities themselves can interact with climate or environmental change in ways that either mitigate or exacerbate the hum...
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ftuninhampshire:oai:scholars.unh.edu:soc_facpub-1389 2023-05-15T14:32:28+02:00 The impact of human activity in the Arctic on climate and climate impacts Huntington, Henry P. Boyle, Michelle Flowers, Gwenn E. Weatherly, John W. Hamilton, Lawrence C. Hinzman, Larry Gerlach, Craig Zulueta, Rommel Nicolson, Craig Overpeck, Jonathan 2007-03-16T07:00:00Z https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/390 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-006-9162-y unknown University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/390 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-006-9162-y © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 Sociology Scholarship Sociology text 2007 ftuninhampshire 2023-01-30T21:40:50Z Human activities in the Arctic are often mentioned as recipients of climate-change impacts. In this paper we consider the more complicated but more likely possibility that human activities themselves can interact with climate or environmental change in ways that either mitigate or exacerbate the human impacts. Although human activities in the Arctic are generally assumed to be modest, our analysis suggests that those activities may have larger influences on the arctic system than previously thought. Moreover, human influences could increase substantially in the near future. First, we illustrate how past human activities in the Arctic have combined with climatic variations to alter biophysical systems upon which fisheries and livestock depend. Second, we describe how current and future human activities could precipitate or affect the timing of major transitions in the arctic system. Past and future analyses both point to ways in which human activities in the Arctic can substantially influence the trajectory of arctic system change. Text Arctic Climate change University of New Hampshire: Scholars Repository Arctic |
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Human activities in the Arctic are often mentioned as recipients of climate-change impacts. In this paper we consider the more complicated but more likely possibility that human activities themselves can interact with climate or environmental change in ways that either mitigate or exacerbate the human impacts. Although human activities in the Arctic are generally assumed to be modest, our analysis suggests that those activities may have larger influences on the arctic system than previously thought. Moreover, human influences could increase substantially in the near future. First, we illustrate how past human activities in the Arctic have combined with climatic variations to alter biophysical systems upon which fisheries and livestock depend. Second, we describe how current and future human activities could precipitate or affect the timing of major transitions in the arctic system. Past and future analyses both point to ways in which human activities in the Arctic can substantially influence the trajectory of arctic system change. |
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The impact of human activity in the Arctic on climate and climate impacts |
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The impact of human activity in the Arctic on climate and climate impacts |
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The impact of human activity in the Arctic on climate and climate impacts |
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The impact of human activity in the Arctic on climate and climate impacts |
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The impact of human activity in the Arctic on climate and climate impacts |
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