Оценочное исследование "Снег, вода, лёд и вечная мерзлота в Арктике" (SWIPA) было официально представлено рабочей группой AMAP на 7-м Совещании Арктического совета на уровне министров в Нууке 12 мая 2011 г.
Рабочая группа Арктического совета "Программа мониторинга и оценки в Арктике" (AMAP) недавно опубликовала подробное научное исследование, посвящённое ртути в Арктике, уточняющее данные предыдущих исследований 1998 и 2004 гг.
Many of the Arctic Council issues cut across the mandates of the six Arctic Council Working Groups. This page presents issues related to environment and climate, with links to relevant work across the Working Groups.
The evidence of global warming is in no place more obvious than in the Arctic region. The Arctic has warmed rapidly during the last four decades. The magnitude of temperature increase in the Arctic is twice as large as the global increase. The effect of Arctic climate change will have profound local, regional and global implications.
The Arctic is today the "Global Barometer" regarding the trends and effects of climate change and long-range transported pollutants.
The Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) working group addresses on-going environmental challenges such as contamination from hazardous chemicals and waste and is responding to new and emerging threats to the Arctic, such as short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs).
