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Prokosch) Arctic Environment Ministers met in Ice Hotel in
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, February 2013 Arctic environment ministers
met in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, 5-6 February, for a meeting focused
on actions to address the rapid environmental changes in the
Arctic. Some of the main themes were climate change and ocean
acidification, preventing contamination in the Arctic,
biodiversity, and ecosystem based management. Arctic Council
assessments and projects were used as starting points for many
of the discussions. Rapid changes are taking place in the Arctic
due to climate change and increased global resource use. The
2012 record low Arctic sea ice extent and great melting of the
Greenland ice sheet were clear signals of the drastic on-going
changes. "Global effects of rapid Arctic