"Arctic Studies: A Proxy for Climate Change" ed. by Masaki Kanao, Genti Toyokuni, Yoshihiro Kakinami

This book covers topics on the recent developments of all kinds of scientific research in and around the Arctic region, with a view to monitoring the current variations in the extreme environment, affected by remarkable changes in temperature and sea-ice extent, mass loss of ice-sheet and glaciers, and variations in marine and terrestrial ecosystems, including human activities.

The Arctic region is the keystone to understanding the present status ofcurrently ongoing Earth systems and to predicting future imagesof our planet as viewed from northern high latitudes. The Arctic region,composed of ice-covered Arctic ocean in its center and surroundingfragmentation of the major continents, has been investigatedduring the last half century through all kinds of scientific studies:bioscience, physical sciences, geoscience, oceanography, and environmental studies, together with the technological domain.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Arctic Studies - A Proxy for Climate Change
2.Changes in Arctic Ocean Climate Evinced through Analysis of IPY 2007–2008 Oceanographic Observations
3.Coastal Erosion Due to Decreased Ice Coverage, Associated Increased Wave Action, and Permafrost Melting
4.Recent Geodynamics and Seismicity of the European Arctic
5.The Effect of Space Weather on Human Body at the Spitsbergen Archipelago
6.Indigenous Communities in the Arctic Change in Socio-Economic and Environmental Perspective