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Environment - current issues Arctic Ocean, in 34 editions.
The entry for Arctic Ocean published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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2012 edition
Same as 2011The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
- endangered marine species include walruses and whales;
- ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island;
- icebergs calved from western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada;
- maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean and lasts about 10 months;
- permafrost in islands;
- virtually icelocked from October to June;
- fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
endangered marine species include walruses and whales; ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean and lasts about 10 months; permafrost in islands; virtually icelocked from October to June; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- endangered marine species include walruses and whales;
- ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island;
- icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada;
- maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean and lasts about 10 months;
- permafrost in islands;
- virtually icelocked from October to June;
- fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
endangered marine species include walruses and whales; ice islands
occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from
glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; maximum snow
cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean and
lasts about 10 months; permafrost in islands; virtually icelocked from
October to June; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from
disruptions or damage
The entry for Arctic Ocean did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
- natural hazards:
- ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island;
- icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada;
- permafrost in islands;
- virtually icelocked from October to June;
- ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May
- international agreements:
- NA
current issues: endangered marine species include walruses and whales;
fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions
or damage
natural hazards: ice islands
Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from
and extreme northeastern Canada; maximum snow permafrost in islands; virtually
cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean and
lasts about 10 months;
icelocked fromfragile ecosystem slow to change and slow ships subject to recover superstructure icing
from October to Maydisruptions or damage international agreements: NA
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
- natural hazards:
- ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island;
- icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada;
- permafrost in islands;
- virtually icelocked from October to June;
- ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May
- international agreements:
- NA
current issues: endangered marine species include walruses and whales;
whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions
disruptions or damage
natural hazards: ice islands occasionally break away from northern
Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland
and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually
icelocked from October to June; ships subject to superstructure icing
icing from October to May
international agreements: NA
endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
endangered marine species include
walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to
recover from disruptions or damage
Published as “Environment-current issues”
endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
endangered marine species include
and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to
disruptions or damage
Published as “Environment--current issues”
endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage
endangered marine species include walruses
walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to
recover from
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
- endangered marine species include walruses and whales;
- fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage;
- thinning polar icepack
endangered marine species includedamage damage; thinning polar icepack
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- climate change;
- changes in biodiversity;
- use of toxic chemicals;
- endangered marine species include walruses and whales;
- fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage;
- thinning polar icepack
climate change; changes in biodiversity; use of toxic chemicals; endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- climate change;
- changes in biodiversity;
- water pollution from use of toxic chemicals;
- endangered marine species include walruses and whales;
- fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage;
- thinning polar icepack
climate change; changes in biodiversity; water pollution from use of toxic chemicals; endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Arctic Ocean: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/arctic-ocean/environment-current-issues.