ShareThe Canadian Arctic: biodiversity on thin ice.
L'Arctique canadien : la biodiversité sur une couche de glace mince.
Author(s) : FORGET D.
Type of article: Article
Summary
In 2007 alone, we lost over 1 million square kilometres of Arctic ice shelf. This polar ocean could soon be completely devoid of ice in the summer. In Canada, the attention of scientists is focused on the far North at a moment. The future of this part of the globe is at stake.
Details
- Original title: L'Arctique canadien : la biodiversité sur une couche de glace mince.
- Record ID : 2009-2545
- Languages: French
- Subject: Environment, General information
- Source: Liaison Energ.-Francoph. - pp. 37-40; photogr.
- Publication date: 2008/09
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
- Themes: General information on environment (climate change, ozone depletion…)
- Keywords: Ice; Arctic; Environment; Survey
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- Author(s) : POLYAK L., EDWARDS M. H., COAKLEY B. J., et al.
- Date : 2001/03/22
- Languages : English
- Source: Nature - vol. 410 - n. 6827
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Enigmatic Arctic ice sheets.
- Author(s) : SPIELHAGEN R.
- Date : 2001/03/22
- Languages : English
- Source: Nature - vol. 410 - n. 6827
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Losing Greenland.
- Author(s) : WITZE A.
- Date : 2008/04/17
- Languages : English
- Source: Nature - vol. 452 - n. 7189
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The long summer begins.
- Author(s) : SCHIERMEIER Q.
- Date : 2008/07/17
- Languages : English
- Source: Nature - vol. 454 - n. 7202
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The timing of the last deglaciation in North At...
- Author(s) : WAELBROECK C., DUPLESSY J. C., MICHEL E., et al.
- Date : 2001/08/16
- Languages : English
- Source: Nature - vol. 412 - n. 6848
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