Essays about: "climate change in Arctic region"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words climate change in Arctic region.

1. 1. Securing the Arctic : An analysis of Sweden's construction of security in the Arctic (2020-2023)

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Lovisa Sand; [2024]
   Keywords : Arctic; securitization; Sweden; Arctic security;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the Arctic region is portrayed and constructed as a security matter within Swedish state discourses from 2020 to 2023. Focused on the escalating geopolitical significance and the transformative impact of climate change in the Arctic, the thesis scrutinizes Sweden's portrayal of security in the region. READ MORE

3. 2. The implications of heavy fuel oil ban in arctic waters for sustainable arctic shipping

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för marina vetenskaper

   Author : Kaung Thu; [2023-01-23]
   Keywords : Arctic region; heavy fuel oil; shipping; Sustainable;

   Abstract : The increased temperature in the polar regions is one of the significant impacts of global warming and consequential climate change. In the Arctic, regional warming leads to the accelerated loss of sea ice caps, which has opened up new international shipping routes. READ MORE

4. 3. Applying LPJ-GUESS on the Arctic: A model evaluation and benchmarking study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Margot Jeanne Knapen; [2023]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; LPJ-GUESS; Arctic; FLUXNET; Gross Primary Productivity; Ecosystem Respiration; Permafrost; Active Layer Thickness; Snow Depth; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Warming in the Arctic occurs at a much higher rate than the global average, which has a considerable impact on the Arctic terrestrial carbon cycle. Permafrost thawing can release substantial amounts of carbon, whilst tundra shrubification and tree-line advance, on the other hand, may compensate for this. READ MORE

5. 4. Arctic Tourism Fantasies : Tour Operators' perceptions of a winter landscape

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

   Author : Szabolcs Harhai; [2023]
   Keywords : Arctic; Arctic tourism; climate change; landscape; landscape perceptions; adaptation; Rovaniemi; Finnish Lapland;

   Abstract : The effects of global warming are evident throughout the Arctic, which is warming much more quickly than the rest of the planet and is increasingly being referred to as a fragile environment. The tourism industry in the area, which is built around notions of enchanted wintertime fantasy landscapes, is directly impacted by the effects of climate change. READ MORE

6. 5. POSSIBLE TIMING OF THE TRANSITION FROM PRE-INDUSTRIAL TO INDUSTRIAL CLIMATE IN THE CENTRAL TO NORTHERN OF SWEDEN, BASED ON PROXY DATA FROM TREE-RINGS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Mika Falkensjö Oppenheim; [2022-09-28]
   Keywords : Tree-ring; maximum latewood density MXD ; Scandinavia; pre-industrial; industrial climate;

   Abstract : Earth’s climate has varied through time, with orbital forcing as the most dominant force on the climate system the last million years, causing glacial-interglacial cycles. The last glacial period ended about 11.6 thousand years (kyr), ago and the last interglacial maximum around 6.5 kyr ago. READ MORE