Environmental Change in Siberia Earth Observation, Field Studies and
This book covers a round-up of environmental changes in Siberia with a focus on the terrestrial biosphere but also discussing climate and atmosphere and the hydrological cycle. It concludes with a discussion of information system approaches that are being
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ADVANCES IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH VOLUME 40
Editor-in-Chief Martin Beniston, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Advisory Board B. Allen-Diaz, Department ESPM-Ecosystem Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. R.S. Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA. W. Cramer, Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany. H.F. Diaz, Climate Diagnostics Center, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA. S. Erkman, Institute for communication and Analysis of Science and Technology–ICAST, Geneva, Switzerland. R. Garcia Herrera, Faculated de Fisicas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. M. Lal, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India. U. Luterbacher, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. I. Noble, CRC for Greenhouse Accounting and Research School of Biological Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. L. Tessier, Institut Mediterranéen d’Ecologie et Paléoécologie, Marseille, France. F. Toth, International Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ec Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), Italy. M.M. Verstraete, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ec Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), Italy.
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Heiko Balzter Editor
Environmental Change in Siberia Earth Observation, Field Studies and Modelling
Editor Heiko Balzter Department of Geography University of Leicester, Centre for Environmental Research University Road Leicester United Kingdom [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-8640-2 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8641-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8641-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010927687 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: Main photo: The foreground features subalpine meadows surrounding by Pinus Sibirica dominated woodlands, the background an alpine ridge in the Ergaki mountains called “Sleeping Sayan”, photo by D.M. Ismailova. Top photo: A Larix sibirica above a landscape leading towards the South Altai Mountains, photo by V.I. Kharuk. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Judith, Dominik and Julian...
Preface
The Siberian environment is a unique region of the world that is both very strongly affected by global climate change and at the same time particularly vulnerable to its consequences. The news about the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and the prospect of an ice-
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