The Big Thaw

Climate change one of the drivers of global change is controversial in political circles but recognized in scientific ones as being of central importance today for the United States and the world. In The Big Thaw the editors bring together experts advocates and academic professionals who address the serious issue of how climate change in the Circumpolar Arctic is affecting and will continue to affect environments cultures societies and economies throughout the world. The contributors discuss a variety of topics including anthropology sociology human geography community economics regional development and planning and political science as well as biogeophysical sciences such as ecology human-environmental interactions and climatology.This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched—an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: knowledgeunlatched.org/ and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7130.