Transformation of the natural environment in Western Sørkapp Land (Spitsbergen) since the 1980s

Buch | Softcover

XII, 78 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-26572-8 (ISBN)

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This revised edition describes the transformation of the environment and landscape of Western Sørkapp Land based on research data collected by Jagiellonian University scientific expeditions in the period 1980-1986 and in 2008. It also outlines potential directions of the transformation of Western Sørkapp Land.Western Sørkapp Land has been experiencing dramatic natural changes such as glacial recession, coastline retreat, emergence of new landforms and Quaternary deposits, as well as changes in the water drainage and network due to global warming. Western Sørkapp Land is a very remote and diverse region, which is representative of the European Arctic. The establishment of South Spitsbergen National Park has led to a regeneration of the local reindeer herd, which has caused overgrazing of the local tundra resulting in altered plant communities and soil erosion. They have also destroyed numerous bird nests. The transformation of Western Sørkapp Land is set to continue.

1 Introduction: Study Area and Its Environmental Recognition.- 2 Methods and materials.- 3 Components of natural environment.- 4 Environmental and landscape changes.- 5 Conclusions and prognosis for environmental change.

"This slim volume (92 pages) reports on approximately 25 years

of landscape change in Sørkapp Land, the southern peninsula

of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard Archipelago.

Field research was conducted by a team of Polish scientists

from Jagiellonian University, the legacy of an initial visit to

the region by physical geographer Zdzislaw Czeppe during the

International Geophysical Year 1957-1958. His interest in the

research potential of the area was piqued, which led to a series

of interdisciplinary summer expeditions beginning in 1980. The

emphasis was on mapping abiotic and biotic features at a large

scale (1:25 000 - 1:50 000). This resulted in a baseline of

spatially detailed data that another team was able to repeat in

an effort to detect change after another quarter century had

passed." (Bruce Forbes, Polar Record, Vol. 51, Issue 3, 2015)

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Geography
Zusatzinfo	XII, 78 p. 34 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
Schlagworte	Changes in Vegation • Changes in Water Drainage • Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts • Climate change impacts • climate warming • Coastline Retreat • Earth and Environmental Science • geomorphology • Glacial Recession • Landscape development • New Landforms and Deposits • Polar geography • Sørkapp Land Environment
ISBN-10	3-319-26572-5 / 3319265725
ISBN-13	978-3-319-26572-8 / 9783319265728
Zustand	Neuware