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Major Reports
- Alaska
Dietary Survey: 1956-1961
by Christine A. Heller, Ph.D. and Edward
M. Scott, Ph.D. Public Health Service Publication No. 999-AH-2
- Arctic Report Card 2007
An international team of research scientists has created this peer-reviewed website which tracks multiple changes in the arctic environment. The Report Card is organized by NOAA and will be updated annually.
- Current
State & Trends Assessment: Polar Systems, Chapter 25: Polar Systems
by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
This chapter discusses the impact of polar
climate change on human, animal and biodiversity. Contains longitudinal
data about Arctic regions, climate change, and biodiversity. Discussions
on human impacts and contamination of the Arctic region are presented.
This chapter is part of an assessment to study the impact humans
have on ecosystems. (PDF size: 994kb)
- Environmental Health Risks of the Arctic Assessed
The summary report of the Artic Monitoring
and Assessment and Programme. The full article can be found in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2002 Nov 61(4):300-318. (PDF size: 37kb)
- The
First International Polar Year, 1881-1884: The Arctic Environment
in Historical Perspective
The records of the first IPY offer a rare
glimpse of the circumpolar Arctic environment as it existed in the
past. These observations collected so long ago now hold the potential
to improve our understanding of historical climate variability and
environmental change in the Arctic.
- Northern Overexposure or pollution in the Arctic.
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 106, Number 2, February 1998
- State of the Arctic, October 2006
This report is a review of environmental conditions during the past five years relative to those in the latter part of the 20th century. The review was conducted by an international group of twenty scientists who developed a consensus on information content and reliability. The report updates some of the records from the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
- The tip of the iceberg: chemical contamination in the Arctic.
WWF International Arctic Programme, February
2005. (PDF size: 259kb)
Organizations
Alaska
National
International
- Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)
An international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.
- Environment
Canada
- Many Strong Voices
A collaborative programme with the goal of promoting the well-being, security and sustainability of coastal communities in the Arctic and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the face of climate change, by bringing these regions together to take action on mitigation and adaptation.
- National
Tribal Environmental Council
A comprehensive resource for American Indian
& Alaska Native communities, state & federal agencies, and
private and non-profit organizations interested in protecting tribal
environments.
- Protection
of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)
PAME was established in 1993 with a mandate
to address policy and non-emergency pollution prevention and control
measures related to the protection of the Arctic marine environment.
Other
- Environmental
and Energy Study Institute (EESI) -- Climate Change News
materials available on the site are designed
to make policy makers, in particular, aware of not only the science
of climate change and energy use patterns, but also of the many
possible solutions that can lead to a more environmentally sustainable
society.
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Healthy
People 2010 - Environmental Health Focus Area
This site focuses on the six major topic
areas within the Healthy People 2010 Environmental Health Focus
Area: Outdoor Air Quality, Water Quality, Toxics and Wastes, Healthy
Homes and Healthy Communities, Infrastructure and Surveillance,
and Global Environmental Health.
- Indigenous
Environmental Network (IEN)
IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples
and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues.
IEN's activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities
and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect sacred sites,
land, water, air, natural resources, health of both people and all
living things, and to build economically sustainable communities.
- North Pole Ice Cracking
Video of ice cracking at the North Pole,
filmed by Andrew Revkin.
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This photographic collection from The
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) features repeat photography
of Alaskan glaciers, matching photos of glaciers taken as early
as the 1890s with recent photos taken at the same physical location.
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