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This book explores the Arctic, one of the last remaining wildernesses on Earth but a unique environment which is increasingly threatened. It investigates the physical systems of the Arctic region including the role of climate and ice in influencing the ecology and landforms of the high latitudes. The threat of climate change is explored in detail, drawing out the range and scale of changes that are influencing, and are likely to influence, human activity and ecosystems in the region.
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Dr Margareta Johansson is a Post-doctoral Researcher in physical geography at the Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Lund University in Sweden.
Professor Terry V. Callaghan is a Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Distinguished Research Professor and Professor of Arctic Ecology at the University of Sheffield.
Cameron J.M. Dunn is a geography teacher, author and Chief Examiner for GCE Geography.
CONTENTS
Editors’ preface
Chapter 1: Introducing the Arctic
Chapter 2: Arctic climate and physical systems
Chapter 3: The changing Arctic climate
Chapter 4: Arctic ecology under threat
Chapter 5: Arctic peoples
Chapter 6: Arctic futures
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