Published in ERW, 18 Nov 2014
Not enough is known about adaptations to climate change taking place in the European and Russian Arctic, a review of documented Arctic adaptations has revealed. The researchers conducting the study, from Canada and the UK, hope this realization will prompt study of adaptations outside North America.
Temperatures in the Arctic have risen on average 0.6 °C per decade over the last 30 years, causing sea ice to shrink and thin. Such loss of ice is thought to be bringing changes in sea and land ecosystems that are affecting indigenous people’s commerce and subsistence. The ice loss and changing weather conditions are also believed to have affected transportation, the maintenance of infrastructure, and the prevalence of pests and disease. […]
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