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Set sustainable goals for the Arctic gateway coordinated international governance is required to resist yet another tipping point

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 776, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146003

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Climate change; UNCLOS; Marine mammals; Underwater noise; Shipping; Sea ice

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  1. Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Henan Province [21IRTSTHN020]
  2. Central Plain Scholar Funding Project of Henan Province [212101510005]
  3. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu under Golden Goose Research Grant Scheme (GGRG) [UMT/RMIC/2-2/25 Jld 5 (64), 55191]
  4. Henan Agricultural University

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Global warming is causing a reduction in Arctic sea ice, leading to energetic stress on key predatory species such as polar bears and narwhals, which is already threatening the biodiversity and indigenous people of the vulnerable region. The increase in shipping activities in the Arctic gateway is adding further pressure to marine mammals, potentially destabilizing the global climate further. International governance through the establishment of Arctic International National Parks and Marine Protected Areas is necessary for sustainable use of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters.
Global warming is reducing the Arctic sea-ice and causing energetic stress to marine key predatory species such as polar bears and narwhals contributing to the ongoing pollution already threatening the biodiversity and indigenous people of the vulnerable region. Now, the opening of the Arctic gateway and in particular the increase in shipping activities causes further stress to marine mammals in the region. These shipping activities are foreseen to happen in the Northwest and Northeast Passage, Northern Sea Route and Transpolar Sea Route in the Arctic Ocean, which could be yet another step towards a crucial tipping point destabilizing global climate, including weathering systems and sea-level rise. This calls for international governance through the establishment of Arctic International National Parks and more Marine Protected Areas through the Arctic Council and UN's Law of the Sea to ensure sustainable use of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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