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Governing Complexity in the Arctic Region

2019
This book examines emerging forms of governance in the Arctic region, exploring how different types of state and non-state actors promote and support rules and standards. The authors argue that confining our understandings of Arctic governance to Arctic states and a focus on the Arctic Council as the primary site of circumpolar governance provides an ...
Mathieu Landriault, Elana Wilson Rowe, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Andrew Chater   +3 more
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Spring Melt and the Redistribution of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Sea-Ice Environment: A Comparative Study between Arctic and Antarctic Regions.

Environmental Science and Technology, 2017
Complementary sampling of air, snow, sea-ice, and seawater for a range of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) was undertaken through the early stages of respective spring sea-ice melting at coastal sites in northeast Greenland and eastern Antarctica to ...
M. Bigot, D. Hawker, R. Cropp, D. Muir, B. Jensen, R. Bossi, S. B. Bengtson Nash   +6 more
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The Arctic as a Region of Innovation

2017
Innovation and entrepreneurship are prominent buzzwords in the modern lexicon, reflective of the knowledge economy in which we now dwell. While the possibilities in a world of big data, robotics, and the Internet of everything seem endless, they do indeed have limits.
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The polar regions: Antarctica and the Arctic

2012
INTRODUCTION The Antarctic and the Arctic polar regions are subject to special regional rules of environmental protection, which are discussed in this chapter. These rules reflect the unique physical conditions of these areas and the important role they play in maintaining regional and global environmental conditions.
Philippe Sands, Jacqueline Peel, Adriana Fabra Aguilar, Ruth MacKenzie   +3 more
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Geothermal observations in the Arctic region

1990
Abstract A fundamental goal of geothermal studies in the Arctic region is to determine the rate of heat flow from deep in the earth’s crust. Research during the past 25 years has shown heat flux is closely related to the tectonic evolution of a geological province.
B. V. Marshall, M. G. Langseth, A. H. Lachenbruch   +2 more
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Occurrence of Otitis Media in an Arctic Region

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 1997
The occurrence of otitis media (OM) was examined retrospectively in files at Longyearbyen Hospital, Svalbard, Norway during 1991-1994. Acute OM (AOM) with and without spontaneous drum perforation, secretory OM (SOM) and chronic OM (COM) with and without suppuration were registered, as were patient's sex, age, and climatic conditions.
Lars-Eric Stenfors, Anne-Berit Andersen, Gunhild Ag   +2 more
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The Pacific Arctic Region: An Introduction

2014
The Pacific Arctic region (PAR) is experiencing atmospheric changes, rapid seasonal sea ice retreat, seawater warming, regional ocean acidification, along with other environmental changes and biological responses in lower to upper trophic organisms.
Wieslaw Maslowski, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier   +1 more
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Methodological aspects of use of countries experience in determining the directions of the strategic development of the Russian Federation arctic regions

International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management, 2020
O. Shestak, O. Shcheka, Y. Klochkov
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Russia’s Arctic Regions and Policies

2019
Russia’s Arctic has been integral to its development historically. If the attention paid to this region has waxed and waned in response to other geopolitical developments, the current growing global interest in the Arctic as a potential source of natural resources and as a possible shipping route has motivated Russia’s renewed focus on the Arctic. This
Aileen A. Espiritu, Gail Fondahl, Aytalina Ivanova   +2 more
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Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic

Nature Climate Change, 2022
E. E. Webb, A. Liljedahl, Jada A. Cordeiro, M. Loranty, C. Witharana, J. W. Lichstein   +5 more
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