The adaptation challenge in the Arctic

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1046-1053

  Ford, James D ^a   McDowell, Graham ^a   Pearce, Tristan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FIELD SURVEY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84948171255     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2723     Document Type: Review

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