These algae are an essential food source for fish ... and researchers predict that by 2050, the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free during summer. Polar marine ecologist Dr. Rebecca Duncan has spent ...

A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing critical insights as climate change reshapes the region's food web.

It is common knowledge that Arctic cleanup work is challenging and expensive. Long distances, hard-to-access areas, scattered ...

Several researchers the Barents Observer spoke with underline that sea ice extent has already changed dramatically. Just a ...

Through photosynthesis, the particles of light power a cellular reaction that manufactures chemical energy (in the form of sugars), which is then passed around the food web in a complex dance of ...

A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing critical insights as climate ...

and might lead to a bioaccumulation of harmful elements across the Arctic food web. Eventually, this might also have socio-economic consequences. The high biosorption potential of kelps has to be ...

As a result, it is expected to shift away from its polar residency, eventually sending cold air from the Arctic into North America and Eurasia. AccuWeather Long-range Expert Paul Pastelok said the ...