{"product_id":"arctic-doom-arctic-boom-barry-scott-zellen-9780313380129","title":"Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Scott Zellen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313380120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313380129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2009 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009 pg. 51","brand":"Barry Scott Zellen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013729497343,"sku":"9780313380129","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c2cda0c-4271-47cc-962e-40fcc5500d50.jpg?v=1767744406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arctic-doom-arctic-boom-barry-scott-zellen-9780313380129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}