Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Our involvement in this project centers around two publications, both published by Cambridge University Press; (Click on document to download)
- "Impacts of a Warming Arctic" a 140 page overview of the project, and
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"Arctic Climate Impact Assessment" the 1048 page, fully-referenced science document.
The following is explanatory excerpt from the Impacts of a Warming Arctic preface;
"The Arctic is of special importance to the world and it is changing rapidly. It is thus essential that decision makers have the latest and best information available regarding ongoing changes in the Arctic. This report is a plain language synthesis of the key findings of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), designed to make the scientific findings accessible to policymakers and the broader public. The ACIA is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced, and independently reviewed evaluation of arctic climate change and its impacts for the region and for the world. It has involved an international effort by hundreds of scientists over four years, and also includes the special knowledge of indigenous people." (ACIA, 2005)
We were responsible for the creation of nearly all the graphics in both documents, and the layout and production of the science document.
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News and information links
ACIA web site: http://www.acia.uaf.edu/
Recent Coverage: CBS 60 Minutes Story
MSNBC Story: "Study: Arctic warming threatens people, wildlife"
Press Release: "International Scientific Study Finds Arctic Warming Rapidly"
US Global Change Research Program Newsletter: Acclimations, Fall 2000
