The Cool Down on MSN
As Arctic sea ice vanishes, a vital nutrient is disappearing with it and putting the food chain at risk
The decline coincides with a dramatic period of sea ice loss.
Morning Overview on MSN
Arctic Ocean ecosystems crossed a nitrogen tipping point around 2009 and may never return to their prior state, per a new Communications Earth study
Nitrogen, the nutrient that anchors the base of the Arctic food web, dropped sharply in Fram Strait surface waters after 2009 ...
For two decades the nitrate that feeds the base of the Arctic food web has been draining away. A long record of ocean ...
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. A team of ...
A new study has uncovered alarming evidence that bisphenols (BPs) —plastic-related chemicals known to disrupt hormones—are accumulating and magnifying through Arctic food webs. Analyzing 32 bisphenol ...
The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...
Tundra voles are among the small mammals Dr. Phil Manlick, with the U.S. Forest Service, studies to understand how warming is changing boreal and Arctic food webs. Tiny organisms are making big moves ...
Algae that live in and under the sea ice play a much greater role for the Arctic food web than previously assumed. In a new study, biologists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for ...
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