A new US polar research vessel for the twenty-first century
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/5516 2023-05-15T13:53:14+02:00 A new US polar research vessel for the twenty-first century Dunbar, Robert B. Alberts, Jon Ashjian, Carin J. Asper, Vernon L. Chayes, Dale Domack, Eugene Ducklow, Hugh W. Huber, Bruce Lawver, Lawrence Oliver, Daniel Russell, Doug Smith, Craig R. Vernet, Maria 2012-09 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5516 en_US eng The Oceanography Society https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.96 Oceanography 25, no. 3 (2012): 204-207 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5516 doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.96 Oceanography 25, no. 3 (2012): 204-207 doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.96 Article 2012 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.96 2022-05-28T22:58:43Z Author Posting. © The Oceanography Society, 2012. This article is posted here by permission of The Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 25, no. 3 (2012): 204-207, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.96. 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 Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Arctic Oceanography 25 3 204 207 |
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Author Posting. © The Oceanography Society, 2012. This article is posted here by permission of The Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 25, no. 3 (2012): 204-207, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.96. 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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Dunbar, Robert B. Alberts, Jon Ashjian, Carin J. Asper, Vernon L. Chayes, Dale Domack, Eugene Ducklow, Hugh W. Huber, Bruce Lawver, Lawrence Oliver, Daniel Russell, Doug Smith, Craig R. Vernet, Maria |
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Dunbar, Robert B. Alberts, Jon Ashjian, Carin J. Asper, Vernon L. Chayes, Dale Domack, Eugene Ducklow, Hugh W. Huber, Bruce Lawver, Lawrence Oliver, Daniel Russell, Doug Smith, Craig R. Vernet, Maria 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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