This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of the
key terrestrial components of the Arctic system, i.e., its
hydrology, permafrost, and ecology, drawing on the latest research
results from across the circumpolar regions. The Arctic is an
integrated system, the elements of which are closely linked by the
atmosphere, ocean, and land. Using an integrated system approach,
the book's 30 chapters, written by a diverse team of leading
scholars, carefully examine Arctic climate variability/change,
large river hydrology, lakes and wetlands, snow cover and ice
processes, permafrost characteristics, vegetation/landscape
changes, and the future trajectory of Arctic system evolution. The
discussions cover the fundamental features of and processes in the
Arctic system, with a special focus on critical knowledge gaps,
i.e., the interactions and feedbacks between water, permafrost, and
ecosystem, such as snow pack and permafrost changes and their
impacts on basin hydrology and ecology, river flow, geochemistry,
and energy fluxes to the Arctic Ocean, and the structure and
function of the Arctic ecosystem in response to past/future changes
in climate, hydrology, and permafrost conditions. Given its scope,
the book offers a valuable resource for researchers, graduate
students, environmentalists, managers, and administrators who are
concerned with the northern environment and resources.
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