Introduction: Climate Change in Scandinavia

Introduction: Climate Change in Scandinavia

Made up of the countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. Scandinavia is located in the high latitudes of Western Europe, with much of Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland north of 60 degrees lat, and the northernmost parts of those countries lie north of the Arctic Circle. Climate is of great concern to our world today, caused by human activity, putting mass amounts of CO2 (a greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere affecting our planet's climate system, raising temperatures in may parts of the world, and causing the melting of sea ice and continental ice. Climate change has made its most notable impacts in the higher latitudes of the Earth more so than anywhere else, which I was why chose to focus on this part of the world.

Here are some basic facts about the region  Source: Wikipedia 
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

Culture/Background: The majority of the population of Scandinavia are descended from several North Germanic tribes who originally inhabited the southern part of Scandinavia and spoke a Germanic Language that evolved into Old Norse. Icelanders and the Farose are to a significant extent descended from the Norse, and are therefore often seen as Scandinavian. Finland is mainly populated by Finns, with a significant minority of Swedish Speakers. A small minority of Sampi people live in the extreme north of Scandinavia.

-Scandinavia has some of the richest, most successful societies in the world with the highest levels of healthcare, education, and safety. It also ranks highest in terms of quality of life. 

Area

928,057 km2 (358,325 sq mi)

Population

~27 million (2016)

Pop. density

22/km2 (57/sq mi)

Physiography: The geography of Scandinavia is extremely varied. Notable are the Norwegian fjords, the Scandinavian Mountains, the flat, low areas in Denmark, and the archipelagos of Sweden and Norway. Sweden has many lakes and moraines, legacies of the ice age.