Arctic Climate Impact Science

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Subjects / Keywords:: Climate Change ( lcsh )
Antarctica ( lcsh )
Ice Sheets ( lcsh )

Abstract:: This report presents a wide-ranging review of arctic climate impact science published since the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) in 2005. It spans the width of subject areas, covering impacts on physical and biological systems, as well as on humanity. The report presents the scientific evidence for arctic climate change impacts in review sections, each of which targets a particular arctic system or cross-cutting arctic theme. A separate bullet-point section highlights what expert reviewers, authors, and editors rank as the most important findings. One of the most significant scientific advances since the ACIA is the conclusion of the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that climate change is ―highly likely‖ (with 90 per cent likelihood) human-made (IPCC 2007). This report can therefore now use this cognition as a basis from which to showcase the recent evidence for arctic climate impacts. While human-made climate change is a global problem, by documenting the growing scientific evidence on arctic climate change impacts along with the projected and potential consequences of a changing Arctic for the globe, this report highlights the growing insight that the Arctic is not only one of the places on Earth that is most vulnerable to climate change, but also place where vulnerability is of urgent global relevance. ( English )

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