"It is truly an encyclopedic work. The book is written in very readable prose and should be an extremely valuable reference work for a wide audience: university-level students, the interested public, and experts in the various fields that are covered." --Astrid E.J. Ogilvie Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
SECTION 1 Arctic Seas 1. Loss of sea ice 2. Rising sea-surface temperatures 3. Changes in ocean circulation patterns 4. Sea level change 5. Impacts of ocean acidification on Arctic marine ecosystems 6. Impacts of chemical pollution on marine ecosystems 7. Impacts of overfishing in Arctic and subarctic waters 8. Impacts of global shipping to Arctic Ocean ecosystems
SECTION 2 Arctic ice 9. Decline in mountain glaciers 10. Changes in Arctic Island Ice Sheets 11. Greenland Ice Sheet
SECTION 3 Arctic lands 12. Changes in terrestrial environments 13. Impacts of global change 14. Invasive species 15. Impacts of oil and mineral extraction 16. Impacts of permafrost degradation
SECTION 4 Arctic peoples 17. Threats to Native ways of life 18. Changing political landscape of the Arctic
Scott A. Elias grew up in Colorado, USA, and received both an undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Environmental Biology from the University of Colorado. He went on to do postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the University of Berne, Switzerland. Scott returned to the University of Colorado in 1982 and became a research associate of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. In 2000 he took a lectureship in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and became a Professor of Quaternary Science in 2007. He has served as editor-in-chief of three editions of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, and co-editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Geology and the Cryosphere Comprehensive.
