Regional Environmental Changes in Siberia and Their Global Consequences

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Groisman, Pavel Ya. (Editor), Gutman, Garik. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Life sciences.; Remote sensing.; Endangered ecosystems.; Climatic changes.; Environment.; Climate Change.; Environment, general.; Ecosystems.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Biogeosciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4569-8

This volume presents a state-of-the-art assessment of the Earth's climate system in Siberia and relationships between climate, ecosystems and people in that region. Changes in climatic variables and land cover in Siberia are among the earliest indicators of the Earths response to climate warmi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Regional Features of Siberia
• 2. Development of Information-Computational Infrastructure for Environmental Research in Siberia as a Baseline Component of the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Studies
• 3. Climate Changes in Siberia
• 4. Hydrological changes: Historical Analysis, Contemporary status and Future Projections
• 5. Effect of Climate Change on Siberian Infrastructure
• 6. Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Change
• 7. Human Dimensions of Environmental Change in Siberia
• 8. Aspects of atmospheric pollution in Siberia
• 9. Summary and outstanding scientific challenges for research of environmental changes in Siberia
• Index.