REES, Gareth and Ulf BÜNTGEN. Russian dilemma for global arctic science. Ambio. Springer, 2024, vol. 53, No 8, p. 1246-1250. ISSN 0044-7447. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02038-z.
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Original name Russian dilemma for global arctic science
Authors REES, Gareth and Ulf BÜNTGEN (276 Germany, belonging to the institution).
Edition Ambio, Springer, 2024, 0044-7447.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 6.500 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02038-z
UT WoS 001236528400003
Keywords in English Arctic science; Crisis; Russia; Scientific collaboration
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 16/7/2024 11:47.
Abstract
Polar regions are critically implicated in our understanding of global climate change. This is particularly the case for the Arctic, where positive feedback loops and climate tipping points enhance complexity and urgency. Half of the Arctic and much of the world's permafrost zone lie within Russian territory. Heightened geopolitical tensions, however, have severely damaged scientific collaboration between Russia and previously well established academic partners in western countries. Isolation is now causing increasingly large data gaps in arctic research that affect our ability to make accurate predictions of the impact of climate change on natural and societal systems at all scales from local to global. Here, we argue that options to resume both practical knowledge of collaborative working and flows of research data from Russia for global arctic science must continue to be asserted, despite an increasing tendency for the Arctic to become disconnected. Time is short, as preparations for the fifth International Polar Year begin to gather momentum. While sanctions remain in place, efforts to foster peer to peer connections and re-activate effective institutional cooperation are vital to address the grand challenges of global climate change.
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