scholarly journals U.S. Arctic Leader: With Shell Oil out, Arctic Lost Attention

Eos ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Showstack
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Far North ◽  
The U.S

Shell's drilling activities in the Arctic drew the world's eyes to the far north and to issues like climate change and oil spills, the U.S. special representative for the Arctic said in a recent talk.

scholarly journals Planning for climate change impacts on hydropower in the Far North

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Cherry ◽  
Corrie Knapp ◽  
Sarah Trainor ◽  
Andrea J. Ray ◽  
Molly Tedesche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Far North ◽  
Glacier Recession ◽  
Hydrologic Impacts ◽  
Hydrologic Responses ◽  
Available Information

Abstract. Unlike much of the contiguous United States, new hydropower development continues in the Far North, where climate models project precipitation will likely increase over the next century. Regional complexities in the Arctic and sub-Arctic, such as glacier recession and permafrost thaw, however, introduce uncertainties about the hydrologic responses to climate change that impact water resource management. This work reviews hydroclimate changes in the Far North and their impacts on hydropower; it provides a template for application of current techniques for prediction and estimating uncertainty, and it describes best practices for integrating science into management and decision-making. The growing number of studies on hydrologic impacts suggests that information resulting from climate change science has matured enough that it can and should be integrated into hydropower scoping, design, and management. Continuing to ignore the best available information in lieu of status quo planning is likely to prove costly to society in the long term.

scholarly journals WALRUS: THE SENSITIVE GIANT IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE: CLIMATIC ADAPTATION AND CHALLENGES

2018 ◽  
pp. 063
Author(s):  
Apostolos Tsiouvalas
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Ice ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Adaptive Behaviour ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Climate Trends ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Odobenus Rosmarus ◽  
The U.S

There is no doubt that the cryosphere is changing, the planet's temperature is increasing and ice is retreating. Earth is gradually experiencing the repercussions of global warming which are most visible at high latitudes, and especially in the Arctic, the home of Odobenus Rosmarus or simply Walrus. The walrus is one of the most ice-dependent species. Walruses use sea ice for crucial behaviours like giving birth, feeding and resting. As the seasonal dynamics of ice cover on arctic seas change, walruses tend to congregate on coasts without ice. Thanks to this adaptation of walruses to different climate trends they have successfully survived and conserved their populations. Its adaptability has been the driving force behind preventing the walrus from being listed as an endangered species. Some scientists are attributing this trend to a normal adaptive behaviour of the mammal, while others already have noticed a risk violently posed by climate change. This article is motivated by the announcement of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that the walruses were unlikely to be considered endangered in the foreseeable future, addresses the vulnerability of walruses to climate change, explaining their dependence on sea ice and the need for reconsideration of the above statement.

Russian eco-policies are shaped by climate scepticism

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Nuclear Submarine ◽  
Foreign Agent ◽  
Content Type

Subject The Russian government's environmental priorities. Significance The success of Russia's Ecology Year in 2017 was limited by budget shortages, controversy around waste management projects and official lack of concern about climate change. 'Foreign agent' legislation has forced many NGOs working on environmental matters to shut down or curtail their operations. Impacts Official reticence on the 2017 discovery of high levels of ruthenium-106 near a Urals nuclear plant reflects acute political sensitivities. The Arctic is a focus for hydrocarbons development but few technologies exist to deal with oil spills in its waters. Reprocessing spent nuclear submarine fuel at Andreyeva Bay will take another ten years owing to damaged caskets. The import of spent nuclear fuel, legalised in 2001, is another potential risk to the environment.

scholarly journals Planning for climate change impacts on hydropower in the Far North

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Cherry ◽  
Corrie Knapp ◽  
Sarah Trainor ◽  
Andrea J. Ray ◽  
Molly Tedesche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Far North ◽  
Glacier Recession ◽  
Hydrologic Impacts ◽  
Hydrologic Responses ◽  
Available Information

Abstract. Unlike much of the contiguous United States, new hydropower development continues in the Far North, where climate models project precipitation will likely increase over the next century. Regional complexities in the Arctic and sub-Arctic, such as glacier recession and permafrost thaw, however, introduce uncertainties about the hydrologic responses to climate change that impact water resource management. This work reviews hydroclimate changes in the Far North and their impacts on hydropower; it provides a template for application of current techniques for prediction and estimating uncertainty, and it describes best practices for integrating science into management and decision-making. The growing number of hydrologic impacts studies suggests that information resulting from climate change science has matured enough that it can and should be integrated into hydropower scoping, design, and management. Continuing to ignore the best-available information in lieu of status quo planning is likely to prove costly to society in the long term.

Sounds, Images, Politics and Place

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Richard Lerman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Concentration Camps ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Japanese American ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
The U.S

The author discusses the concepts he has developed while gathering sound(s) and images for projects engaging politics and place, often at sites where human rights abuses have taken place. These works include recordings made at several Japanese-American and Aleut internment sites and at Nazi concentration camps, as well as borderlands works, environmental works on water use in the U.S. Southwest, and works addressing climate change in the Arctic.

The Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in Arctic Canada: ecology, threats, and what it tells us about marine environmental conditions

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L Mallory
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Northern Fulmar ◽  
Fulmarus Glacialis ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

The northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis is a ubiquitous seabird found across the North Atlantic Ocean and into the Canadian Arctic. However, we know little of its ecology in the Arctic, which is unfortunate, because it possesses many traits that make it an excellent biomonitor of the condition of Arctic marine environments. Presently, Arctic fulmars face threats from harvest, bycatch in fisheries, and fouling in oil spills while the birds are in their winter range (the North Atlantic). However, during breeding, migration, and overwintering, they may also experience stress from ecotourism, contaminants, particulate garbage, and climate change. In this paper I review the effects of all of these threats on fulmars and I describe how the ecology of these birds makes them particularly suitable for tracking contaminants, garbage, and the effects of climate change in the Arctic marine ecosystem. I also highlight our key existing knowledge gaps on this species and how additional research will strengthen the utility of fulmars as biomonitors. Key words: northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, Arctic, contaminants, climate change, pollution.

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