{"product_id":"arctic-doom-arctic-boom-the-geopolitics-of-climate-change-in-the-arctic-hardcover","title":"Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Scott Zellen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWalter J. Hickel\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Moran\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn expert examination of the way climate change is transforming the Arctic environmentally, economically, and geopolitically, and how the challenges of that transformation should be met.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA growing number of scientists estimate that there will be no summer ice in the Arctic by as soon as 2013. Are we approaching the \"End of the Arctic?\" as journalist Ed Struzik asked in 1992, or fully entering the \"Age of the Arctic,\" as Arctic expert Oran Young predicted in 1986? \u003ci\u003eArctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the uncertainty at the top of the world as the shrinking of the polar ice cap opens up new sea lanes and the vast hydrocarbon riches of the Arctic seafloor to commercial development and creates environmental disasters for Arctic biota and indigenous peoples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArctic Doom, Arctic Boom\u003c\/i\u003e explores the geopolitics of the Arctic from a historical as well as a contemporary perspective, showing how the warming of the Earth is transforming our very conception of the Arctic. In addition to addressing economic and environmental issues, the book also considers the vital strategic role of the region in our nation's defenses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Scott Zellen\u003c\/b\u003e is the research director of the Arctic Security Project at the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, where he is also the deputy editor of \u003ci\u003eStrategic Insights\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863261995205,"sku":"9780313380129","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/jVJ7VQhVYY9780313380129.webp?v=1771580946","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/arctic-doom-arctic-boom-the-geopolitics-of-climate-change-in-the-arctic-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}