The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future

Mikhailova, Tatiana

militarization

Mill, John Stuart

Milly, Chris

mineral depletion rates

mineral rights

Minnesota

Miocene Epoch

modernization

Moldova

Morocco

Mosley-Thompson, Ellen

Mozambique

Mulligan, Kevin

Mumbai, India

Murmansk

National Academy of Sciences

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

natural gas

natural resources. See resource demand

Nature

Nelson, Fritz

Nenets people

neoliberalism

Netherlands

Nevada

“New North,”

New Orleans, Louisiana

Nigeria

Nile River

Nixon, Richard

Nordic countries

North Africa

North America. See specific countries

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA)

North Atlantic Current

North Atlantic Deep Water Formation (NADW)

North Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

North Korea

North Pole

North Sea

North Slope

Northern Rim Countries (NORCs). See also specific countries: and aboriginal demographics; and agriculture; and the Arctic; free trade; and human settlement patterns; and immigration policies; listed; map of; population growth of; prospects for; and the Siberian Curse

Northern Sea Route

Northern Transportation Company Limited

Northern Waters Complex

Northwest Passage

Northwest Staging Route

Northwest Territories

Norway: and aboriginal peoples; and the Arctic Council; and Arctic resources; and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS); and demographic trends; and human settlement patterns; and immigration policy; and the “New North,” and NORC collaborations; and oil reserves; and power transmission systems; and territorial boundaries; and UNCLOS; and water resources; and winter roads

Novy Urengoy

Noyabr’sk

nuclear power

Nunavut Territory

Obama, Barack

obshchiny

oceanography

Ogallala aquifer

oil: and Arctic resources; embargoes; and the Industrial Revolution; and oil sands; price of; proven reserves; and water resources

Olsen, Moses

OmniTrax Inc.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

Out of Gas (Goodstein)

Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Pacific Institute

Pakistan

Panama Canal

Papua New Guinea

Parsons, Ralph M.

Pasqualetti, Martin

Patrushev, Nikolai

Pearce, Fred

permafrost: and carbon storage; and climate change; continuous permafrost; and glaciers; and global warming and lake formation; and load bearing capacity; and U.S. policy

photovoltaics

Pika, Aleksandr

plant biomass

plug-in electric cars

Poland

polar bears

politics: and Arctic resources; and Arctic transportation; and ethanol subsidies; and expert political judgment; and global warming; and human settlement; and inertia of global forces; and the North Pole; and oil supplies

The Population Bomb (Ehrlich)

population growth. See demography; specific countries

Portugal

Powell, James Lawrence

Primorsky Territory

Prince Edward Island