Arctic doom, Arctic boom : the geopolitics of climate change in the Arctic / Barry Scott Zellen ; foreword by Walter J. Hickel [and] Daniel J. Moran.
2009
QC994.8 .Z45 2009eb
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Title
Arctic doom, Arctic boom : the geopolitics of climate change in the Arctic / Barry Scott Zellen ; foreword by Walter J. Hickel [and] Daniel J. Moran.
Author
Zellen, Barry Scott, 1963-
ISBN
9780313380136 (electronic book)
9780313380129
9780313380129
Imprint
Santa Barbara, CA : Praeger, c2009.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 232 pages)
Call Number
QC994.8 .Z45 2009eb
Summary
A growing number of scientists estimate that there will be no summer ice in the Arctic by as soon as 2013. Are we approaching the "End of the Arctic?" as journalist Ed Struzik asked in 1992, or fully entering the "Age of the Arctic," as Arctic expert Oran Young predicted in 1986? Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic looks at the uncertainty at the top of the world as the shrinking of the polar ice cap opens up new sea lanes and the vast hydrocarbon riches of the Arctic seafloor to commercial development and creates environmental disasters for Arctic biota and indigenous peoples.' 'Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom explores the geopolitics of the Arctic from a historical as well as a contemporary perspective, showing how the warming of the Earth is transforming our very conception of the Arctic. In addition to addressing economic and environmental issues, the book also considers the vital strategic role of the region in our nation's defenses. '
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Table of Contents
Introduction : Arctic spring
The geopolitics of snow and ice
An Arctic imperative?
From cold war to warming Earth
Polar uncertainties
The end of the Arctic.
The geopolitics of snow and ice
An Arctic imperative?
From cold war to warming Earth
Polar uncertainties
The end of the Arctic.