Understanding Present and Past Arctic Environments: An Integrated Approach from Climate Change Perspectives provides a fully comprehensive overview of the past, present and future outlook for this incredibly diverse and important region. Through a series of contributed chapters, the book explores changes to this environment that are attributed to the effects of climate change. The book explores the current effects climate change has had on Arctic environments and ecosystems, our current understanding of the effects climate change is having, the effects climate change is having on the atmospheric and ocean processes in this region.
The Arctic region is predicted to experience the earliest and most pronounced global warming response to human-induced climatic change, thus a better understanding is vital.
1. Understanding Present and Past Arctic Environments - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page viii 8. List of contributors - p. Page ix 9. About the editor - p. Page ix 10. Foreword - p. Page xi 11. Preface - p. Page xiv 12. Acknowledgments - p. Page xvii 13. List of Illustrations - p. Page xix 14. List of Tables - p. Page xx 15. Chapter 1 : Climate change over the Arctic: impacts and assessment - p. Page xx 16. Chapter 2 : India’s scientific endeavors in the Arctic with special reference to climate change: the past decade and future perspectives - p. Page 12 17. Chapter 3 : Lakes and fjords of Polar regions—potential indicators of climate change - p. Page 26 18. Chapter 4 : Deciphering the changing climate and environment around Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, since the Last Glacial Maximum: a multiproxy approach - p. Page 45 19. Chapter 5 : Ocean circulation in high northern latitudes and its influence on Arctic climate through the ages - p. Page 75 20. Chapter 6 : Teleconnection between Arctic climate and tropical Indian monsoon during the Holocene - p. Page 108 21. Chapter 7 : Late Quaternary climatic imprints on clastic sediments of Broggerbreen peninsula, Ny-Ålesund region, Svalbard - p. Page 131 22. Chapter 8 : Reconstruction of Quaternary climate in Svalbard: CRN as proxy - p. Page 153 23. Chapter 9 : Ultraviolet radiation–protecting pigments in plants growing at Arctic region - p. Page 173 24. Chapter 10 : Cyanobacteria in the polar regions: diversity, adaptation, and taxonomic problems - p. Page 185 25. Chapter 11 : Arctic biodiversity amidst looming climate apocalypse: current status and way forward - p. Page 205 26. Chapter 12 : Mass balance and spatio-temporal change in the area of Vestre Broggerbreen glacier, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Arctic, between 1993 and 2018 - p. Page 241 27. Chapter 13 : Spatiotemporal variability of snowmelt onset across Svalbard inferred from scatterometer data (2000–2017) - p. Page 267 28. Chapter 14 : Arctic sea ice variability and trends in the last four decades: role of ocean-atmospheric forcing - p. Page 295 29. Chapter 15 : Space Weather Phenomenon of Polar Ionosphere Over the Arctic Region - p. Page 321 30. Chapter 16 : Optical properties of brown carbon in aerosols and surface snow at Ny-Ålesund during the polar summer - p. Page 340 31. Chapter 17 : Measurements of carbon monoxide at Polar regions - p. Page 354 32. Chapter 18 : Spatial and temporal variability of physical parameter around Ny-Alesund region of Arctic - p. Page 373 33. Chapter 19 : Geopolitical and geoeconomic implications of climate change in the Arctic region: the future of contestation and cooperation - p. Page 396 34. Chapter 20 : Glacial mass change–induced earthquakes in the Himalayan region of South Asia and its bearing to understand Arctic glaciers dynamics: proxy of climate change - p. Page 426 35. Glossary - p. Page 452 36. Index - p. Page 468
Understanding Present and Past Arctic Environments: An Integrated Approach from Climate Change Perspectives provides a fully comprehensive overview of the past, present and future outlook for this incredibly diverse and important region. Through a series of contributed chapters, the book explores changes to this environment that are attributed to the effects of climate change. The book explores the current effects climate change has had on Arctic environments and ecosystems, our current understanding of the effects climate change is having, the effects climate change is having on the atmospheric and ocean processes in this region.
The Arctic region is predicted to experience the earliest and most pronounced global warming response to human-induced climatic change, thus a better understanding is vital.
1. Understanding Present and Past Arctic Environments - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page viii 8. List of contributors - p. Page ix 9. About the editor - p. Page ix 10. Foreword - p. Page xi 11. Preface - p. Page xiv 12. Acknowledgments - p. Page xvii 13. List of Illustrations - p. Page xix 14. List of Tables - p. Page xx 15. Chapter 1 : Climate change over the Arctic: impacts and assessment - p. Page xx 16. Chapter 2 : India’s scientific endeavors in the Arctic with special reference to climate change: the past decade and future perspectives - p. Page 12 17. Chapter 3 : Lakes and fjords of Polar regions—potential indicators of climate change - p. Page 26 18. Chapter 4 : Deciphering the changing climate and environment around Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, since the Last Glacial Maximum: a multiproxy approach - p. Page 45 19. Chapter 5 : Ocean circulation in high northern latitudes and its influence on Arctic climate through the ages - p. Page 75 20. Chapter 6 : Teleconnection between Arctic climate and tropical Indian monsoon during the Holocene - p. Page 108 21. Chapter 7 : Late Quaternary climatic imprints on clastic sediments of Broggerbreen peninsula, Ny-Ålesund region, Svalbard - p. Page 131 22. Chapter 8 : Reconstruction of Quaternary climate in Svalbard: CRN as proxy - p. Page 153 23. Chapter 9 : Ultraviolet radiation–protecting pigments in plants growing at Arctic region - p. Page 173 24. Chapter 10 : Cyanobacteria in the polar regions: diversity, adaptation, and taxonomic problems - p. Page 185 25. Chapter 11 : Arctic biodiversity amidst looming climate apocalypse: current status and way forward - p. Page 205 26. Chapter 12 : Mass balance and spatio-temporal change in the area of Vestre Broggerbreen glacier, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Arctic, between 1993 and 2018 - p. Page 241 27. Chapter 13 : Spatiotemporal variability of snowmelt onset across Svalbard inferred from scatterometer data (2000–2017) - p. Page 267 28. Chapter 14 : Arctic sea ice variability and trends in the last four decades: role of ocean-atmospheric forcing - p. Page 295 29. Chapter 15 : Space Weather Phenomenon of Polar Ionosphere Over the Arctic Region - p. Page 321 30. Chapter 16 : Optical properties of brown carbon in aerosols and surface snow at Ny-Ålesund during the polar summer - p. Page 340 31. Chapter 17 : Measurements of carbon monoxide at Polar regions - p. Page 354 32. Chapter 18 : Spatial and temporal variability of physical parameter around Ny-Alesund region of Arctic - p. Page 373 33. Chapter 19 : Geopolitical and geoeconomic implications of climate change in the Arctic region: the future of contestation and cooperation - p. Page 396 34. Chapter 20 : Glacial mass change–induced earthquakes in the Himalayan region of South Asia and its bearing to understand Arctic glaciers dynamics: proxy of climate change - p. Page 426 35. Glossary - p. Page 452 36. Index - p. Page 468
