TY - BOOK AU - Serreze,Mark C. TI - Brave new Arctic: the untold story of the melting North T2 - Science Essentials SN - 9780691173993 PY - 2018///] CY - Princeton, New Jersey PB - Princeton University Press KW - Climatic changes KW - Arctic regions KW - Climatology KW - Global warming KW - Global environmental change KW - Environmental conditions KW - Climate N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index; Beginnings -- It's not what it used to be -- The Arctic stirs -- Unaami -- Epiphany -- Rude awakenings -- Looking ahead N2 - In the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The Arctic's perennially frozen ground, known as permafrost, was warming, and treeless tundra was being overtaken by shrubs. What was going on? Brave New Arctic is Mark Serreze's riveting firsthand account of how scientists from around the globe came together to find answers ER -