The key interest for scientists was plankton - the lowest link of the food chain, on which depend lives of all those who live in the Arctic. And here - a scientific discovery happened. Warming is ...
"Specialist" lifeforms that live under Arctic sea ice are at risk as the ice retreats, new research shows. Scientists studied microscopic organisms in four environments -- open ocean, river mouths, ...
As the Arctic Ocean warms and sea ice shrinks, will the newly exposed sea surface see a plankton population boom and a burgeoning ecosystem in the open Arctic Ocean? Not likely, say a team of ...