The Arctic Ocean is more than just icy waters, it harbors vibrant ecosystems — but it also harbors valuable oil, gas, and ...

Observed ecosystem-level changes in the Arctic include the disappearance of essential habitats, shifts in species’ timing and ranges, disruption of species’ relationships, declines in abundance, and ...

More than 170 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Ned Fetcher and several Wilkes students, are studying the effects of climate change on plants. Fetcher’s research could foretell the effects of global ...

Massive oceans, sprawling rainforests, and frozen permafrost in the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) all play their part in maintaining a healthy global ecosystem. But with the introduction of ...

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of ...

A University of Manchester scientist is part of a team led by the University of Liverpool working on a £2.6m project to explore how the ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean are being altered by climate ...

Melting Arctic permafrost releasing vast quantities of toxic metal - Mercury poses serious threat to health of millions of ...

The Arctic Ecosystems Research Group at University of Helsinki was established in November 2020. The aim is to integrate biogeochemical & ecological research within and between “systems” in the Arctic ...

In the past three decades, multiyear ice, the thickest (and oldest) type that supports the Arctic marine ecosystem, has declined by 95 percent. Elders no longer can predict safe travel routes on ...

They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems -- brown macroalgae, known as kelps, which form dense and extensive underwater forests along rocky ...

They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems—brown macroalgae, known as kelps, which form dense and extensive underwater forests along rocky coastlines.