Threats to the Arctic discusses all the current threats to this fragile region, emphasizing the interconnections between many environmental impacts, as well as the teleconnections between events already beginning to happen in the Arctic (ocean circulation changes, melting of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets) and other parts of the world. The aim is to inform readers about the impending, sometimes irreversible changes coming to the Arctic. This is a remote, inhospitable part of the world that few people will ever visit, but they nevertheless need to know what is happening there. 'Out of sight - out of mind' is no longer a tenable approach to the environmental upheavals taking place in the Arctic.

University students, environmental engineers, policy makers, and sociologists with an interest in the role of the Arctic in global change will benefit from the unique perspective Threats to the Arctic provides.