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University of Lapland
Education•Rovaniemi, Finland•
About: University of Lapland is a education organization based out in Rovaniemi, Finland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Arctic & Context (language use). The organization has 665 authors who have published 1870 publications receiving 39129 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Rovaniemi & Lapin yliopisto.
Topics: Arctic, Context (language use), Indigenous, Climate change, Tundra
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01 Aug 2013
TL;DR: The notion of "resilience" as mentioned in this paper is defined as "a subject which accepts the dangerousness of the world it lives in as a condition for paring itself to adapt itself to the world, and not a subject which can conceive of changing its structure and conditions of possibility".
Abstract: What does it mean to live dangerously? This is not just a philosophical question or ethical call to reflect upon our own individual recklessness. It is a deeply political question being asked by ideologues and policy makers who want us to abandon the dream of ever achieving security and embrace danger as a condition of possibility for life in the future. As this article demonstrates, this belief in the necessity and positivity of human exposure to danger is fundamental to the new doctrine of ‘resilience’. Resilience demands our disavowal of any belief in the possibility to secure ourselves and accept that life is a permanent process of continual adaptation to dangers said to be outside our control. The resilient subject is a subject which must permanently struggle to accommodate itself to the world, and not a subject which can conceive of changing the world, its structure and conditions of possibility. However, it is a subject which accepts the dangerousness of the world it lives in as a condition for par...
192 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed changes in corporate environmental reporting practices among large Finnish firms in the past five years using content analysis of annual reports, and analyzed the willingness of firms to disclose environmental information in the years 1987 and 1992.
Abstract: This paper analyses changes in corporate environmental reporting practices among large Finnish firms in the past five years. Using content analysis of annual reports, we analysed the willingness of firms to disclose environmental information in the years 1987 and 1992. Our sample consisted of 75 Finnish corporations drawn from the largest firms in the most environmentally sensitive industries. Our results indicate marked changes in environmental reporting practices between 1987 and 1992. In 1987, slightly over one quarter of the firms analysed disclosed environmental information in their annual reports, while in 1992 this number had risen to nearly one half of firms. Most of this disclosure was in qualitative, rather than in quantitative or financial, form. The results are consistent with earlier studies, which indicated that environmental reporting was a feature of firms in certain industrial sectors. We conclude by noting the influence of environmentalism on Finnish corporate environmental reporting, policy and accounting practice.
190 citations
TL;DR: In the Nordic countries, the demand for nature-based tourism has steadily grown and is the most rapidly expanding sector within touri as mentioned in this paper, and nature has been a key attraction factor for tourism in the Nordic country for decades.
Abstract: Nature has been a key attraction factor for tourism in the Nordic countries for decades The demand for nature‐based tourism has steadily grown and is the most rapidly expanding sector within touri
186 citations
California Institute of Technology1, Goddard Space Flight Center2, University of Bristol3, Utrecht University4, Université libre de Bruxelles5, National Center for Atmospheric Research6, University of Tokyo7, Université Paris-Saclay8, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research9, Los Alamos National Laboratory10, Australian Antarctic Division11, University of Lapland12, Victoria University of Wellington13, Met Office14, University of Reading15, Hokkaido University16, Norwegian Polar Institute17, University of Tromsø18, University of Bremen19, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research20, Vrije Universiteit Brussel21, University of Grenoble22, GNS Science23, University of California, Irvine24, University of Leeds25, University of California, San Diego26, Pennsylvania State University27, University of Potsdam28, University of Tasmania29, CSC – IT Center for Science30
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results from ice flow model simulations from 13 international groups focusing on the evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet during the period 2015-2100 as part of the Ice Sheet Model Comparison for CMIP6 (ISMIP6).
Abstract: . Ice flow models of the Antarctic ice sheet are commonly used to simulate its future evolution in
response to different climate scenarios and assess the mass loss that would contribute to
future sea level rise. However, there is currently no consensus on estimates of the future mass
balance of the ice sheet, primarily because of differences in the representation of physical
processes, forcings employed and initial states of ice sheet models. This study presents
results from ice flow model simulations from 13 international groups focusing on the evolution
of the Antarctic ice sheet during the period 2015–2100 as part of the Ice Sheet Model
Intercomparison for CMIP6 (ISMIP6). They are forced with outputs from a subset of models from the
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), representative of the spread in climate
model results. Simulations of the Antarctic ice sheet contribution to sea level rise in response
to increased warming during this period varies between −7.8 and 30.0 cm of sea level equivalent
(SLE) under Representative Concentration
Pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario forcing. These numbers are relative to a control experiment with
constant climate conditions and should therefore be added to the mass loss contribution under
climate conditions similar to present-day conditions over the same period. The simulated evolution of the
West Antarctic ice sheet varies widely among models, with an overall mass loss, up to 18.0 cm SLE, in response to changes in oceanic conditions. East Antarctica mass change varies between −6.1 and
8.3 cm SLE in the simulations, with a significant increase in surface mass balance outweighing
the increased ice discharge under most RCP 8.5 scenario forcings. The inclusion of ice shelf
collapse, here assumed to be caused by large amounts of liquid water ponding at the surface of
ice shelves, yields an additional simulated mass loss of 28 mm compared to simulations without ice
shelf collapse. The largest sources of uncertainty come from the climate forcing, the ocean-induced melt rates, the
calibration of these melt rates based on oceanic conditions taken outside of ice shelf cavities
and the ice sheet dynamic response to these oceanic changes. Results under RCP 2.6 scenario based
on two CMIP5 climate models show an additional mass loss of 0 and 3 cm of SLE on average compared to
simulations done under present-day conditions for the two CMIP5 forcings used and display
limited mass gain in East Antarctica.
180 citations
University of Exeter1, University of Utah2, University of Leicester3, Imperial College London4, University of Hawaii at Manoa5, Lund University6, Russian Academy of Sciences7, Lehigh University8, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse9, Bowdoin College10, University of York11, Uppsala University12, University of Toulouse13, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań14, University of Toronto15, Université du Québec à Montréal16, University of California, Los Angeles17, University of Southampton18, Met Office19, United States Geological Survey20, University of Tartu21, University of Alaska Anchorage22, University of Helsinki23, University of Victoria24, University of Nottingham25, Laval University26, Texas A&M University27, Newcastle University28, Geological Survey of Finland29, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research30, University of Santiago de Compostela31, University of Aberdeen32, Trinity College, Dublin33, University of Queensland34, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory35, University of Lapland36, Norwegian Polar Institute37, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources38, Champlain College39, Stockholm University40, University of Leeds41, Forestry Commission42, University of Amsterdam43, Chinese Academy of Sciences44, Northeast Normal University45
TL;DR: This article examined the global relationship between peatland carbon accumulation rates during the last millennium and planetary-scale climate space and found a positive relationship between carbon accumulation and cumulative photosynthetically active radiation during the growing season for mid-to high-latitude peatlands in both hemispheres.
Abstract: The carbon sink potential of peatlands depends on the balance of carbon uptake by plants and microbial decomposition The rates of both these processes will increase with warming but it remains unclear which will dominate the global peatland response Here we examine the global relationship between peatland carbon accumulation rates during the last millennium and planetary-scale climate space A positive relationship is found between carbon accumulation and cumulative photosynthetically active radiation during the growing season for mid- to high-latitude peatlands in both hemispheres However, this relationship reverses at lower latitudes, suggesting that carbon accumulation is lower under the warmest climate regimes Projections under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)26 and RCP85 scenarios indicate that the present-day global sink will increase slightly until around ad 2100 but decline thereafter Peatlands will remain a carbon sink in the future, but their response to warming switches from a negative to a positive climate feedback (decreased carbon sink with warming) at the end of the twenty-first century
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Li | 103 | 779 | 42675 |
| John C. Moore | 76 | 389 | 25542 |
| Jeffrey M. Welker | 57 | 179 | 18135 |
| Bruce C. Forbes | 43 | 130 | 7984 |
| Mats A. Granskog | 41 | 141 | 5023 |
| Manfred A. Lange | 38 | 92 | 4256 |
| Liisa Tyrväinen | 37 | 112 | 6649 |
| Samuli Helama | 35 | 156 | 4008 |
| Aslak Grinsted | 34 | 89 | 9653 |
| Jukka Jokimäki | 31 | 93 | 4175 |
| Sari Stark | 29 | 58 | 2559 |
| Elina Lahelma | 27 | 86 | 2217 |
| Jonna Häkkilä | 25 | 97 | 2185 |
| Rupert Gladstone | 23 | 51 | 2320 |
| Justus J. Randolph | 23 | 66 | 2160 |