Environment Canada S International Polar Year Achievements

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 1100158464

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Environment Canada's International Polar Year Achievements by Anonim Pdf

"This report presents an overview of Environment Canada's efforts and contributions during the IPY 2007-2008. It describes some of the early scientific advancements that have been made, the innovative new ways of doing research that were developed, and most especially highlights the important role of collaborative partnerships. The impact of IPY does not end with the close of the official observation period. Far from being over, the work of analysing IPY data will continue for decades to come and many new insights will continue to be gained. We hope that this report will also serve as a catalyst, opening the doors to new collaborations and ideas in pursuit of a better understanding of the polar regions and their role in the global Earth system"--Page v.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 1100946578

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Environment Canada's International Polar Year Achievements by Anonim Pdf

Author : Program for International Polar Year (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1100182292

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Government of Canada Program for International Polar Year by Program for International Polar Year (Canada) Pdf

Author : Canadian Polar Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UIUC:30112071983719

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International Polar Year Canadian Science Report by Canadian Polar Commission Pdf

Each Canadian research project was required to be relevant to the needs of northern communities, involve Northerners in planning and implementing the research and include an element of capacity building for students and communities. Indeed, unlike previous IPYs, IPY 2007-2008 included people from the circumpolar world in the planning and execution of research projects, a recognition that local populations in the circumpolar world now have more control over their lives through land claim settlements and self government."--Introduction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CFCAS
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780968927021

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The Sky's the Limit by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nengye Liu,Elizabeth A. Kirk,Tore Henriksen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004349179

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The European Union and the Arctic by Nengye Liu,Elizabeth A. Kirk,Tore Henriksen Pdf

The European Union and the Arctic brings together academics from a range of disciplines to discuss the EU's potential roles in shaping Arctic governance. The book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the EU’s current Arctic policy framework. The second part focuses on the EU’s engagement with Arctic governance at the regional level and encompasses the EU’s engagement with the so-called Arctic Five (five coastal States of the Arctic Ocean), providing examples of some of those relationships. The third part takes a sectoral approach, analysing the EU’s potential contribution to regulation of key human activities in the Arctic, including shipping, fisheries, oil and gas operations, and marine mammals.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on International Polar Year 2007-2008: Report of the Implementation Workshop
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309182379

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Planning for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on International Polar Year 2007-2008: Report of the Implementation Workshop Pdf

The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 will be an internationally coordinated campaign of polar observations, research, and analysis that will further our understanding of physical and social processes in the polar regions, examine their globally-connected role in the climate system, and establish research infrastructure for the future. Within this context, the IPY will galvanize new and innovative observations and research while at the same time building on and enhancing existing relevant initiatives. It also will serve as a mechanism to attract and develop a new generation of scientists and engineers with the versatility to tackle complex global issues. In 2004, the National Academies' Polar Research Board organized a workshop to explore the challenges associated with these initiatives. Planning for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309092124

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A Vision for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 by Anonim Pdf

In 2007-2008, many nations around the world will host an intense, coordinated field campaign of polar observations, research, and analysis called the "International Polar Year." This report presents an overview of potential science themes, enabling technologies, and public outreach opportunities that can be used to focus International Polar Year on societal needs. The committee recommends that the U.S. scientific community and participating agencies use this opportunity to better understand environmental change and variability in the polar regions; explore new scientific frontiers ranging from the molecular to the planetary scales; and engage the public through varied educations and outreach activities.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789231041396

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Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development by UNESCO Pdf

The Arctic is undergoing rapid and dramatic environmental and social transformations due to climate change. This has ramifications for the entire planet, as change spreads through interconnected global networks that are environmental, cultural, economic and political. Today, with the major thrust of research shifting away from deciphering causes and monitoring trends, the central preoccupation of a growing circle of actors has become the exploration of strategies for responding and adapting to climate change. But to understand the far-reaching nature of climate change impacts and the complexities of adaptation, a truly interdisciplinary approach is required. Unique in the UN system, UNESCO brings together the domains of natural sciences, social sciences,culture, education and communication. Given this broad mandate, UNESCO favors integrated approaches for monitoring and adapting to climate change in the Arctic, fostering dialogue among scientists, circumpolar communities and decision-makers. This book brings together the knowledge, concerns and visions of leading Arctic scientists in the natural and social sciences, prominent Chukchi, Even, Inuit and Saami leaders from across the circumpolar North, and international experts in education, health and ethics. They highlight the urgent need for a sustained interdisciplinary and multi-actor approach to monitoring, managing and responding to climate change in the Arctic, and explore avenues by which this can be achieved.--Publisher's description.

Author : Grete K. Hovelsrud,Barry Smit
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048191741

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Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions by Grete K. Hovelsrud,Barry Smit Pdf

The ‘Year’ That Changed How We View the North This book is about a new theoretical approach that transformed the field of Arctic social studies and about a program called International Polar Year 2007–2008 (IPY) that altered the position of social research within the broader polar science. The concept for IPY was developed in 2003–2005; its vision was for researchers from many nations to work together to gain cro- disciplinary insight into planetary processes, to explore and increase our understanding of the polar regions, the Arctic and Antarctica, and of their roles in the global system. IPY 2007–2008, the fourth program of its kind, followed in the footsteps of its predecessors, the first IPY in 1882–1883, the second IPY in 1932–1933, and the third IPY (later renamed to ‘International Geophysical Year’ or IGY) in 1957–1958. All earlier IPY/IGY have been primarily geophysical initiatives, with their focus on meteorology, atmospheric and geomagnetic observations, and with additional emphasis on glaciology and sea ice circulation. As such, they excluded socio-economic disciplines and polar indigenous people, often deliberately, except for limited ethnographic and natural history collection work conducted by some expeditions of the first IPY. That once dominant vision biased heavily towards geophysics, oceanography, and ice-sheets, left little if any place for people, that is, the social sciences and the humanities, in what has been commonly viewed as the ‘hard-core’ polar research.

Author : P. Whitney Lackenbauer,Adam Lajeunesse,James Manicom,Frédéric Lasserre
Publisher : Beyond Boundaries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 1552389014

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China's Arctic Ambitions and what They Mean for Canada by P. Whitney Lackenbauer,Adam Lajeunesse,James Manicom,Frédéric Lasserre Pdf

Annotation This title addresses China's ever increasing interest in the Arctic, and in Canada's Far North in particular. It offers a holistic approach to the subject - covering resource development, shipping, scientific research, governance, and military strategy - to better understand both Chinese motivations and the potential impacts of a greater Chinese presence in the circumpolar region. The book draws on extensive research into published Chinese government documentation, secondary source analysis, business and media reports, and the existing academic literature.

Author : Guido di Prisco,Cinzia Verde
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642273520

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Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1 by Guido di Prisco,Cinzia Verde Pdf

The poles undergo climate changes exceeding those in the rest of the world in terms of their speed and extent, and have a key role in modulating the climate of the Earth. Ecosystems adapted to polar environments are likely to become vulnerable to climate changes. Their responses allow us to analyse and foresee the impact of changes at lower latitudes. We need to increase our knowledge of the polar marine fauna of continental shelves, slopes and deep sea, as identifying the responses of species and communities is crucial to establishing efficient strategies against threats to biodiversity, using international and cross-disciplinary approaches. The IPY 2007-2009 was a scientific milestone. The outstanding contribution of Marine Biology is reflected in this volume and the next one on “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments – The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity” from the series “From Pole to Pole”, making these volumes a unique and invaluable component of the scientific outcome of the IPY.

Author : Cinzia Verde,Guido di Prisco
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642273490

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Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 2 by Cinzia Verde,Guido di Prisco Pdf

The second volume of “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments – The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity” from the series “From Pole to Pole” integrates the marine biology contribution of the first tome to the IPY 2007-2009, presenting overviews of organisms (from bacteria and ciliates to higher vertebrates) thriving on polar continental shelves, slopes and deep sea. The speed and extent of warming in the Arctic and in regions of Antarctica (the Peninsula, at the present ) are greater than elsewhere. Changes impact several parameters, in particular the extent of sea ice; organisms, ecosystems and communities that became finely adapted to increasing cold in the course of millions of years are now becoming vulnerable, and biodiversity is threatened. Investigating evolutionary adaptations helps to foresee the impact of changes in temperate areas, highlighting the invaluable contribution of polar marine research to present and future outcomes of the IPY in the Earth system scenario.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on the Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year 2007-2008
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309252034

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Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year 2007-2008 by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on the Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year 2007-2008 Pdf

International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY) was an intense, coordinated field campaign of observations, research, and analysis. It was the largest, most comprehensive campaign ever mounted to explore Earth's polar domains. Legacies and Lessons of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 summarizes how IPY engaged the public to communicate the relevance of polar research to the entire planet, strengthened connections with the Indigenous people of the Arctic, and established new observational networks. Legacies and Lessons of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 also addresses the objectives articulated for IPY in the 2004 National Research Council report, A Vision for International Polar Year (NRC, 2004). These objectives include: suggestions for scientific communities and agencies to use the IPY to initiate a sustained effort aimed at assessing large-scale environmental change and variability in the polar regions, the need to explore new scientific frontiers from the molecular to the planetary scale, investment in critical infrastructure and technology to guarantee that IPY 2007-2008 leaves enduring benefits for the nation and for the residents of northern regions, as well as increase public understanding of the importance of polar regions in the global system. Legacies and Lessons of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 explains how activities at both poles led to scientific discoveries that provided a step change in scientific understanding and helped translate scientific knowledge into policy-relevant information. At a time when the polar regions are undergoing a transformation from an icy wilderness to a new zone for human affairs, these insights could not be more timely or more relevant. From outreach activities that engaged the general public to projects that brought researchers from multiple disciplines and several nations together, the legacies of IPY extend far beyond the scientific results achieved, and valuable lessons learned from the process will guide future endeavors of similar magnitude.

Author : David P. Stone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107094413

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The Changing Arctic Environment by David P. Stone Pdf

An accessible, engagingly written book on Arctic environmental change and cooperation by an author intimately involved in Arctic science and policy.