Climate impacts on northern Canada: Introduction

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 246-247

  Furgal, Chris ^a   Prowse, Terry ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; NORTHERN OSCILLATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68649103557     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-38.5.246     Document Type: Article

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