. "4 Final Thoughts." Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.
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Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Report of a Workshop
How will increases in human activities intensify ecosystem impacts in the polar regions?
Workshop participants also emphasized the need for development of emerging methodologies, technologies, and new organizational structures to address the complex system questions associated with understanding climate forcing and polar ecosystem response in a rapidly changing world. The rapid pace of change and its global-scale impacts make polar ecosystems a fundamental concern for science and society.
