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Author : Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 8279710175
Author : Helgi Jensson,Lars-Otto Reiersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0756730279
The Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme (AMAP) is a group working under The Arctic Council in Oslo, Norway. This report, the second 'State of the Arctic Environment Report' prepared by AMAP in accordance with its mandate, presents the results of work conducted during AMAP's second phase (1998-2002) in relation to 5 priority areas: persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, radioactivity, human health, & pathways of contaminants. The assessment described in this report builds upon the previous AMAP assessment that was presented in two volumes published by AMAP in 1997 & 1998, respectively. Charts, tables & photos.
Author : Annika Nilsson,Helgi Jensson,Henry P. Huntington,Simon Wilson,Kai Olsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Atmospheric mercury
ISBN : 8279710159
Author : Per Strand,Malgorzata K. Sneve,Andrey V. Pechkurov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402046490
This book provides a study of radiation and environmental safety in north-west Russia. International experts from several related fields offer a thorough understanding of the present status. They suggest how to develop the use of overall risk assessments and environmental impact assessments to ensure a sound use of resources when carrying out the tremendous work that must be carried out to clean up the cold war legacy.
Author : Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1053 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521865098
The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social, and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also affect the rest of the world through increased global warming and rising sea levels. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was prepared by an international team of over 300 scientists, experts, and knowledgeable members of indigenous communities. The report has been thoroughly researched, is fully referenced, and provides the first comprehensive evaluation of arctic climate change, changes in ultraviolet radiation and their impacts for the region and for the world. It is illustrated in full color throughout. The results provided the scientific foundations for the ACIA synthesis report - Impacts of a Warming Arctic - published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.
Author : Jixin Qiao,Núria Casacuberta,Paul Mcginnity
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832521779
Author : Susanne Wasum-Rainer,Ingo Winkelmann,Katrin Tiroch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783642242038
Developments in the Arctic region are increasingly part of international discussion. The book contains a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the current problems around marine scientific research in the Arctic region. It combines scientific, legal and policy aspects. The main questions addressed are: ongoing and future Arctic marine research, marine research in the Arctic Ocean in practice, the legal framework, enlarged continental shelves and the freedom of marine science and particularities and challenges of the Arctic region. The contributors are leading experts in the field of politics, law and science.
Author : Roland Kallenborn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642123153
The first evidence on the adverse effects of organic pollutants on Arctic ecosystems was provided by international research initiatives more than 30 years ago. Today, the indigenous people of the North are considered to be affected by exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals through their traditional marine food sources. The occurrence of pollutants of emerging concern in remote Polar environments is considered an essential criterion for prioritising this (largely neglected) type of contamination in national, international and global regulation schemes. Initiated during the first international Polar Years (IPY 2007-2009) and continued afterwards, 11 representative initiatives and projects are summarised as chapters in this book, which highlights today’s interdisciplinary research on POPs in the Polar environment. The individual chapters describe in detail the consequences, priorities and perspectives of international research on POPs (legacy and emerging xenobiotics), its implications for regulations and scientific priorities including societal and cultural developments in the Arctic, as well as conservation priorities in Antarctica. This book is intended for all readers interested in learning more about modern research on environmental pollutants in the Polar environments (with a strong focus on Arctic environments). The impacts of pollution and climate change on Polar regions and the world as a whole will continue to be felt for many years to come. Sound science is, thus, vital in order to underpin actions that need to be taken at the global, regional and local levels. This book contributes to this highly relevant, interdisciplinary environmental scientific endeavour.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9280727087
This report provides an overview of the current state of the coastal and marine environment in relation to the nine categories of threats outlined by the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). The report indicates that legal and institutional arrangements have been strengthened and now cover most regions of the world, but that despite these heightened efforts globally, coastal and marine ecosystems continue to deteriorate mainly because of pressures by human development. Publishing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Author : Paul Arthur Berkman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136217487
The North Pole is being transformed from a sea-ice cap to a seasonally ice-free sea within the next few decades. This fundamental shift in the boundary conditions of the Arctic Ocean will create a new natural system with different dynamics than anything previously experienced by humans in the region. With the diminishing ice cover, interests are awakening globally to take advantage of extensive energy, shipping, fishing and tourism prospects in the Arctic Ocean. A range of states, including the major Arctic powers, are increasingly asserting their sovereignty seawards. National security policies are being declared and nuclear-capable states are adjusting their strategic deployments in the Arctic Ocean. There are forums for international cooperation in the Arctic, most notably the Arctic Council, but peace in the Arctic Ocean has yet to be explicitly established as a common interest because of the long-standing military presence. Risks of political, economic and cultural instabilities are inherent consequences. This volume proposes environmental security as providing a holistic framework to assess these security risks and then identify the appropriate adaptation and mitigation responses. Only after shared risk assessment and understanding of the appropriate responses, will there be sufficient clarity about the governance paths to pursue within the international legal framework of the law of the sea.
Author : Klement Tockner,Christiane Zarfl,Christopher T. Robinson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780081026137
Rivers of Europe, Second Edition, presents the latest update on the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe. With even more full-color photographs and maps, the book includes conservation information on current patterns of river use and the extent to which human society has exploited and impacted them. Each chapter includes up to 10 featured rivers, with detailed information on their physiography, hydrology, ecology/biodiversity and human impacts. Rivers selected for specific coverage include the largest, the most natural, and those most affected by humans. This book provides the most comprehensive information ecologists and conservation managers need to better assess their management and meet the EU legislative good governance targets. Includes comparison photos of rivers, along with information on the history and management of each river Presents summary information on hydrological, ecological and freshwater biodiversity patterns and trends of each river Highlights environmental issues of great importance to citizens and governments, including fragmentation by dams, pollution, introduction of nonnative species and reductions in biodiversity
Author : Olaf M. Johannessen,Vladimir A. Volkov,Lasse H. Pettersson,Helge Drange,Yongqi Gao,Vladimir S. Maderich,Ivan A. Neelov,Sven P. Nielsen,Leonid P. Bobylev,Andrey V. Stepanov,Mark J. Zheleznyak,Victor Tishkov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540498568
This book describes a new tool called the Generic Model System for simulations and assessment of potential radioactive spreading in the Arctic regions. It considers the present and future potential for spreading of radionuclear pollution from sources such as from the major Russian processing plants as well as from European sources such as the UK Sellafield plant. The book combines the expertise of professionals from the radionuclear and climate-change sciences.
Author : Olav Schram Stokke,Geir Hønneland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134149285
A new exploration of the impacts of Arctic regimes in such vital areas as pollution, biodiversity, indigenous affairs, health and climate change. The post-Cold War era has seen an upsurge in interest in Arctic affairs. With new international regimes targeting Arctic issues at both the global and regional levels, the Northern areas seem set to play an increasingly prominent role in the domestic and foreign policies of the Arctic states and actors – not least Russia, the USA and the EU. This volume clearly distinguishes between three key kinds of impact: effectiveness, defined as mitigation or removal of specific problems addressed by a regime political mobilization, highlighting changes in the pattern of involvement and influence in decision making on Arctic affairs region building, understood as contributions by Arctic institutions to denser interactive or discursive connectedness among the inhabitants of the region. Empirically, the main focus is on three institutions: the Arctic Council, the Barents Euro-Arctic Region and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. International Cooperation and Arctic Governance is essential reading for all students with an interest in Arctic affairs and their impact on global society.
Author : Pavel P. Povinec,Katsumi Hirose,Michio Aoyama,Yutaka Tateda
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128244975
Fukushima Accident: 10 Years After evaluates the post-Fukushima accident situation with up-to-date information, emphasizing radionuclide impacts on the terrestrial and marine environments, and comparing them to the pre-Fukushima accident levels of radionuclides in the environment. This is based on scientific results, as well as knowledge gathered from literature to provide current information on the present status, summarize 10 years of data on the Fukushima accident, and describe the present situation in the local, regional, and global time and space scales. It provides data on radioactivity released into the atmosphere and the ocean, the distribution of radionuclides in the world atmosphere and oceans, and their impact on the total environment, including assessments of radiation doses in Japanese and world populations from consumption of terrestrial food and seafood. It goes on to describe future aspects of the radioactive contamination of these environments and the health implications. This book informs environmental scientists, academics, and researchers in environmental science and nuclear energy as well as postgraduate students in the field of environmental science, radioactivity, and nuclear energy, on the present situation of radioactive contamination of Japan and in the world. Covers the Fukushima radioactivity impact on humans and the environment from the accident to the present Provides full information on radiation doses to Japanese citizens and biota, as well as to the world population, 10 years after the Fukushima accident Details transport of radionuclides in terrestrial and ocean environments, describing how to apply this information to ocean global circulation models and quantify radionuclide contamination of coastal regions Assesses future trends in radioactive contamination of the Fukushima site
Author : Carmel Mothersill,Irma Mosse,Colin Seymour
Publisher : Springer
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402063350
Ecotoxiclogical risk from multiple stressors covers any situation where org- isms are exposed to a combination of environmental stressors. These include physical and chemical pollutants as well as other stressors such as parasites and environmental impact (e. g. , climate change or habitat loss). The combi- tion of stressors can result in increased risk to organisms (either additive or synergistic effects) or decreased effects (protective or antagonistic effects). The multiple stressor challenge is an international, multi-disciplinary problem requiring an international, multi-disciplinary approach. The c- rent approach to multiple stressors is to examine one stressor at a time and assume additivity. Little work has been done on combinations of stressors such that potential interactions can be determined. The problem is very complex. Multiple stressors pose a whole spectrum of challenges that range from basic science to regulation, policy and gove- ance. The challenges raise fundamental questions about our understanding of the basic biological response to stressors, as well as the implications of those uncertainties in environmental risk assessment and management. In addition to the great breadth, there is also great depth in the research ch- lenges, largely due to the complexity of the issues. From a basic science point of view, many of the mechanisms and processes under investigation are at the cutting edge of science — involving new paradigms such as genomic ins- bility and bystander effects.
