• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.321-349
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• 2016

According to the recent observation by NOAA(US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), 2015 is the warmest year based on global average temperature since 1880. The air temperatures in the Arctic have been rising at almost twice the global average and the extent and thickness of sea ice in the Arctic have declined. And the warming process in the Arctic is accelerating rapidly. These impacts of drastic change in sea ice caused by climate change in the Arctic threaten the eco-system service and biodiversity in the Arctic. This study intends to estimate the economic value on changes in eco-system services and biodiversity of the Arctic caused by climate change. The result of the valuation indicates that the total benefit from improvement of ecosystem in the Arctic ranges from 318.6 billion won to 715.9 billion won per annum. Replication scenarios can be explored into two broad categories in future studies: scenarios in consideration of conflicts of different stakeholders and scenarios based on wider or narrower definition of biodiversity in the Arctic.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.390-397
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• 2022

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) is the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council. CAFF conducts Monitoring, Assessment, Policy, and expert group activities to preserve Arctic biodiversity and ensure the sustainability of biological resources and communicates the results to governments and indigenous peoples. The main tasks of CAFF consist of monitoring (Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program), assessment (Arctic Biodiversity Assessment) and strategic projects(Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative, AMBI). Korea has been directly participating in the AMBI since 2015 after acquiring observer status of the Arctic Council in 2013. The AMBI aims to preserve habitats on migration routes used by breeding birds in the Arctic and prevent illegal hunting. Thus, observer countries on migratory routes are directly participating in the project. When selecting priorities for participation in Arctic cooperation projects by 2030, Korea should consider continuing participation in AMBI and participating in the "CAFF Youth Program" in connection with the Arctic Academy program operated by Korea's public institutes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.154-156
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• 2014

지구온난화로 2000년대 초부터 급격하게 감소하던 북극의 해빙이 2012년 이후로 다소 주춤한 상태로 돌아서고 있다. 그러나 최근 북극항로를 이용하는 선박의 척수와 화물량은 꾸준히 증가하고 있어 이 항로에 대한 세계적인 관심이 집중되고 있다. 중세의 문명의 교류가 오아시스 루트와 초원 루트 그리고 말라카 해협을 통한 해상실크로드를 통해 이루어진 것처럼, 장차 아시아와 유럽을 잇는 북극항로가 신해양실크로드가 될 것인지 북극을 둘러싼 여러 가지 상황을 살펴보고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.21-22
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• 2009

북극의 환경은 전 지구적으로 환경변화에 민감하다. 그중 해빙의 증가 및 감소는 지구의 온난화 진행의 지표로 작용을 한다. 본 연구에서는, 수동 마이크로파 센서인 AMSR-E를 이용하여 북극을 중심으로 북위 $60^{\circ}$ 이내의 지역에서 2002년$\sim$2009년 동안의 북극해빙 면적에 관한 데이터를 획득하고 북극 해빙 전체면적의 증가 및 감소에 관한 변화를 관측하였다. 추가로, 고해상도인 합성개구레이더를 이용하여 북극 다산기지 주변 해역에 대해 얻어진 데이터의 결과에 대해 고찰한다. 구체적인 연구 내용은 다음과 같다. 1. 북극 해빙 면적의 연변동 조사, 2. 북극 해역별 해빙 분포 특성, 3. 해빙 변동 특성 해석, 4. 향후, 활용 방향 소개: 온난화에 따른 북극 기후 변화, 북극 자원탐사 및 항로 개발 적용 방안, 5. SAR의 주파수별, 편파별 해빙 산란 특성 기초 조사 및 향후 활용 방향, 6. 북극 현장 관측 프로그램 소개.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.787-813
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• 2009

Because of global warming, the thawing of the Arctic ice cap is slowly accelerating. That is the hot issue nowadays. According to the each country's climate change policy, it is boom in the world to lessen the consuming of the fossil fuel those are oil, coal and natural gas. But on the contrary the thawing of the Arctic ice cap is the chance to make the natural gas producing unit cost lower. The purpose of this paper is to search the Arctic policy of each country under the contradictory relationship between promoting the climate change policy and exploiting the natural gas on the Arctic. Specially, there are huge natural gas reserves in Russia on the Arctic region, Russia's exploiting the natural gas on the Arctic will affect on the natural gas supply-demand balance of world natural gas market strongly in the future. Therefore it needs to prepare the future energy alternative policy for Korea's energy security. Russia has Yamal Peninsular where is abundant on natural gas reserver, and she can supply natural gas by LNG ship all over the world via the Arctic route. This means that the structure of world natural gas market be changed gradually. It will be possible in 2030~2040. And such a change is very important because new natural gas trading type can do it through not only overcoming the geological restriction but also shifting the main trading type from PNG(Pipeline Natural Gas) to LNG(Liquified Natural Gas). Therefore it is necessary that we should let this be a good lesson to ourselves through the government action of other countries (China, Japan) those also have no sovereignty over the Arctic as Korea.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.31-50
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• 2010

The Arctic climate change for the Last Glacial Maximum(LGM) occurred at 21,000 years ago (21ka) was investigated using simulation results of atmosphere-ocean coupled models from the second phase of the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Program(PMIP2). In the analysis, we used seven models, the NCAR CCSM of USA, ECHAM3-MPIOM of German Max-Planxk Institute, HadCM3M2 of UK Met Office, IPSL-CM4 of France Laplace Institute, CNRM-CM3 of France Meteorological Institute, MIROC3.2 of Japan CCSR at University of Tokyo, and FGOALS of China Institute of Atmospheric Physics. All the seven models reproduces the Arctic climate features found in the present climate at 0ka(pre-industrial time) in a reasonable degree in comparison to observations. During the LGM, the atmospheric $CO_2$ concentration and other greenhouse gases were reduced, the ice sheets were expanded over North America and northern Europe, the sea level was lowered by about 120m, and orbital parameters were slightly different. These boundary conditions were implemented to simulated LGM climate. With the implemented LGM conditions, the biggest temperature reduction by more than $24^{\circ}C$ is found over North America and northern Europe owing to ice albedo feedback and the change in lapse rate by high elevation. Besides, the expansion of ice sheets leads to the marked temperature reduction by more then $10^{\circ}C$ over the Arctic Ocean. The temperature reduction in northern winter is larger than in summer around the Arctic and the annual mean temperature is reduced by about $14^{\circ}C$. Compared to low mid-latitudes, the temperature reduction is much larger in high northern altitudes in the LGM. This results mirror the larger warming around the Artic in recent century. We could draw some information for the future under global warming from the knowledge of the LGM.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.73-84
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• 2021

Recently, interest in environmental issues is increasing worldwide due to abnormal climate phenomena caused by global warming. Global efforts are continuing to actively respond to climate change, but the dependence on fossil fuels is still high. In particular, a huge amount of fossil fuels and mineral resources are buried in the Arctic Circle, so development and construction projects are being actively pursued. Participation and cooperation in the development of Arctic resources (oil and gas resources) is one of the alternatives to domestic energy supply. Resource development in the Arctic Circle requires close review(Poor development environment and technical limitations due to extreme climate, environmental problems due to resource development, social impact, etc.) in advance compared to general resource development. In this pater, the laws and guidelines related to climate change to be considered were reviewed. when developing Arctic resources. In addition, the countermeasures against climate change applied in large-scale resource development projects in the Arctic were reviewed. It is expected that the results of the research and analysis of this study will be used to establish strategies to respond to new risk factors that influence the successful promotion and operation of the Arctic region resource development project.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.1115-1117
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• 2020

환경 문제는 사람들이 직접적으로 보지 못하면 쉽게 이해하기 어렵다. 그리고 오랜 시간 동안 아주 조금씩 환경 파괴가 발생하는 경우가 많기 때문에, 실질적으로 환경 문제를 체감하는 것이 쉽지 않다. 본 연구에서는 몰입형 가상현실 시스템을 이용해서 기후변화의 원인인 지구온난화로 인해 북극과 남극의 바다 빙하가 녹고 있는 문제를 체험할 수 있도록 Melting Sea Ice 를 개발하였다. 사용자들은 몰입형 가상현실 장치를 착용하고 시간의 흐름에 따라 남극 북극 빙하가 녹은 모습과 해빙에 따른 생태 환경의 변화를 직접 돌아다니면서 관찰할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 Melting Sea Ice 가상현실 콘텐츠를 통하여 기후 변화로 인한 환경 파괴 문제를 직관적으로 인식시키고 환경 문제를 해결하고자 하는 동기부여를 목적으로 두고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.291-303
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• 2011

It has actively advanced to study the impact of climate change on ecosystem. This study addresses ABMS (Agent Based Modeling and Simulation) as a methodology of ecosystem research. ABMS would suggest the possibility of practical use in this sector. This study would investigate how the melting speed of glacier in the arctic influences the extinction period of polar bears. The Polar Bears and Glacier Model in this study is expected to contribute to accurate prediction of the polar bear's extinction period. The suggested ABMS could also be applied to the study of various factors of ecosystem in general.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.121-123
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• 2015

북극해 항로관련 본격적인 연구는 노르웨이, 러시아, 일본 등이 공동으로 주관하여 1993년 시작되어 1999년에 끝난 INSROP이라고 할 수 있다. 우리나라는 이들 나라에 비하여 많이 늦었지만 관심을 가지고 산발적으로 진행하여 왔다. 우리나라에서의 북극과 관련한 연구는 극지연구소가 극지기후변화, 극지지구시스템, 극지생명과학, 극지해양환경 등 지구과학적인 측면에서 연구를 하고 있고 한국해양수산개발원은 해운항만정책, 해양정책, 해양환경정책 등 정책적인 측면에서 연구를 하여 왔다. 그리고 한국해양과학기술원에서는 한국해양대학과 공동으로 빙해수조를 통하여 얼음과 내빙선체 등과 관련된 연구를 하고 있다. 특히, 2013년 5월 15일 우리나라가 북극이사국의 정식 옵서버국이 됨에 따라 북극해 항로에 대한 국민적 관심이 고조되고 있으나 북극해항로에 관한 연구가 일천하기 때문에 현재까지 진행된 국내외 연구결과를 조사분석하여 북극해항로분야에서의 새로운 연구분야를 찾고자 한다.