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 ...

A new study has shed light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to ...

Without enough sea ice, the entire Arctic ecosystem will unravel, and its species will die. The polar bear the Center has fought so hard to protect, which put global warming’s biodiversity effects on ...

In this context, the inhabitants of the Arctic are often little more than an afterthought, but extractive activities could ...

NOVOSIBIRSK, April 25. /TASS/. The analysis of man-made impacts on the Arctic ecosystem and work on methods to distinguish between natural and man-made reasons for changes in living systems would ...

"The fire has destroyed almost the entire ground cover ... By analyzing preliminary data, scientists can rate changes in the Arctic ecosystem. They plan to continue research and to study the ...

A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke, revealing newly exposed seafloor and a previously inaccessible ecosystem ...

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 ...

Learn about the effects of a changing climate on the Arctic ecosystem and four of its well-known mammals: the polar bear, the walrus, the Arctic fox and the beluga whale. The term “climate ...

But this alternative route is subject to other environmental challenges. Arctic ecosystems take a long time to recover from disturbances like oil spills. Accidents in these sensitive regions may thus ...