Polar Views on the Arctic: Arctic Policies of Russia and Circumpolar Countries
Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2019 The article discusses current issues of Arctic governance. The main motives of the growing interest of the world community to this region are revealed.
E. A. Korchak, N. A. Serova
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2017 State-of the Science of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil (DDO) in U.S. Arctic Waters: Physical Transport and Chemical Behavior [PDF]
, 2017 Chemical dispersants were employed on an unprecedented scale during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and could be a response option should a large spill occur in Arctic waters. The use of dispersants in response to that spill raised
Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC)
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Priority Development Projects of the Arctic Zone. Reconstruction of the Northern Sea Way
Управленческое консультирование, 2018 The article describes Arctic zone and the significance of its resources for the Russian Federation and foreign countries. The basic strategic documents of the Arctic zone are listed. Priority projects for the development of the Arctic zone are considered.
F. P. Isaev, I. A. Fomina
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Influence of transport and ocean ice extent on biogenic aerosol sulfur in the Arctic atmosphere [PDF]
, 2012 The recent decline in sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean could affect the regional radiative forcing via changes in sea ice-atmosphere exchange of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and biogenic aerosols formed from its atmospheric oxidation, such as methanesulfonic ...
Barrie, LA +13 more
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Water retention of arctic zone soils (Spitsbergen)
International Agrophysics, 2013 Abstract The water retention characteristics of the arctic zone soils ((TurbicCryosol (Skeletic), TurbicCryosols (Siltic, Skeletic) and BrunicTurbicCryosol (Arenic)) derived in different micro-relief forms were determined. Water retention curves were similar in their course for the mud boils, cell forms, and sorted circles ie for TurbicCryosols ...
J. Melke +2 more
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Арктика и СеверThe paper considers the issues of ethno-demographic development and settlement of small-numbered indigenous peoples of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation in the period between the 2002 and 2020 population censuses. The article analyzes the current
Elena A. Bryukhanova +2 more
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Growing land-sea temperature contrast and the intensification of Arctic cyclones [PDF]
, 2018 Cyclones play an important role in the coupled dynamics of the Arctic climate system on a range of timescales. Modelling studies suggest that storminess will increase in the Arctic summer due to the enhanced land-sea thermal contrast along the Arctic ...
Jonathan J. Day +2 more
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Valuable metals in coals of the Russian Arctic zone
Georesursy, 2019 The research results of rare and valuable metals and estimations of resources of these metals in the coal deposits of the Russian Arctic zone are presented.
V.I. Vyalov +5 more
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Role of tectonic stress in seepage evolution along the gas hydrate‐charged Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait [PDF]
, 2015 Methane expulsion from the world ocean floor is a broadly observed phenomenon known to be episodic. Yet the processes that modulate seepage remain elusive.
Bunz, Stefan +6 more
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Comparative patterns of winter habitat use by muskoxen and caribou in northern Alaska [PDF]
, 1992 Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1992Snow depth and hardness strongly influenced selection of feeding zones, (i.e., those areas used for foraging), in late winter by both muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus grand) in ...
Biddlecomb, Mark Edward
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