White Arctic vs. Blue Arctic: A case study of diverging stakeholder responses to environmental change

Robert Newton; Stephanie Pfirman; Peter Schlosser; Bruno Tremblay; Maribeth Murray; Rafe Pomerance

doi:10.1002/2016EF000356

White Arctic vs. Blue Arctic: A case study of diverging stakeholder responses to environmental change

Robert Newton, Stephanie Pfirman, Peter Schlosser, Bruno Tremblay, Maribeth Murray, Rafe Pomerance

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Abstract

Recent trends and climate models suggest that the Arctic summer sea ice cover is likely to be lost before climate interventions can stabilize it. There are environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural arguments for, but also against, restoring and sustaining current conditions. Even if global warming can be reversed, some people will experience ice-free summers before perennial sea ice begins to return. We ask: How will future generations feel about bringing sea ice back where they have not experienced it before? How will conflicted interests in ice-covered vs. ice-free conditions be resolved? What role will science play in these debates?.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	396-405
Number of pages	10
Journal	Earth's Future
Volume	4
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/2016EF000356
State	Published - Aug 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arctic climate change
Arctic climate stakeholders
Carbon capture and sequestration
Climate science policy
Ice free Arctic summers
Stakeholder conflicts and climate change

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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