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Part I Arctic and Antarctic
Emerging Traits of Sea Ice in the Atlantic Sector of the Arctic . . . . . . . . .
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Mats A. Granskog, Philipp Assmy, and Nalan Koç
Indian Arctic Multisensory Moored Underwater Observatory . . . . . . . . . 11
R. Venkatesan, M. A. Atmanand, and G. Latha
The Arctic Ocean: Advances in Geopolitics and Geoscience . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Walter R. Roest and Richard T. Haworth
Glacial Sediments of Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica
and their Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rasik Ravindra
Part II Climate Change and Adaptation
Adaptation to Climate Change: A Fishery Technology Perspective . . . . . . 61
C. N. Ravishankar and V. R. Madhu
Potential Technologies for Climate Resilient Agriculture
in the Indian Himalayan Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Latika Pandey and Ayyanadar Arunachalam
Need for Reorienting Climate Change Research
in the Himalaya: Balancing the Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Shyamal K. Nandi, Vikram S. Negi, and Ranbeer S. Rawal
Part III Himalayan Cryosphere and Climate Change
High-Resolution Dynamic Downscaling of Winter Climate
over the Himalaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
S. C. Kar, Sarita Tiwari, and Pushp Raj Tiwari
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