Coastal wetlands, such as saltmarshes and mangroves that fringe transitional waters,
deliver important ecosystem services that support human development. Coastal wetlands …

Permafrost coasts make up to 34 per cent of the world's coastlines. Erosion of these coasts
currently averages 0.5 ma‐1, which is similar to or greater than rates observed in temperate …

Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue
facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change …

Several recent climate impact assessments on polar regions have been undertaken,
including the synthesis report on Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (AMAP …

The goals of the second volume of the AHDR–Arctic Human Development Report: Regional
Processes and Global Linkages–are to provide an update to the first AHDR (2004) in terms …

Introduction This chapter synthesizes the scientific literature on the detection and attribution
of observed changes in natural and human systems in response to observed recent climate …

Although much remains to be learned about the Arctic and its component processes, many
of the most urgent scientific, engineering, and social questions can only be approached …

Permafrost coasts in the Arctic are susceptible to a variety of changing environmental factors
all of which currently point to increasing coastal erosion rates and mass fluxes of sediment …

Arctic coastal infrastructure and cultural and archeological sites are increasingly vulnerable
to erosion and flooding due to amplified warming of the Arctic, sea level rise, lengthening of …

The contribution of tourism to climate change, and the likely consequences of climate
change for key tourist destinations, has been well reported and discussed. Yet, there is a …