Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

A study reveals the significant economic value of the Arctic's natural resources and ecosystem services, which are being ...

As the third UN Ocean Conference begins, coinciding with World Oceans Day, the UN has urged world leaders to translate their ...

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than previously thought ...

Impact across the food web At first, this might seem like just a small technical change– a shift in light wavelengths. But the impact could go far beyond that.

At the foundation of Arctic food webs lies phytoplankton—tiny, microscopic heroes of our oceans. These organisms are not just food for fish. They play a pivotal role in carbon cycling and ...

Run-off impacts on Arctic kelp holobionts have strong implications on ecosystem functioning and bioeconomy. Scientific Reports , 2024; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-82287-w Cite This Page : ...

They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems—brown macroalgae, ... potentially impacting the entire food web and having socio-economic implications.

As algae are at the basis of the food web, ... They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems – brown macroalgae, known as kelps, ...

Warming of Arctic waters due to climate change is leading to new interactions between killer whales and other species that could have major consequences for the ecosystem, a University of Manitoba ...

Over the past 25 years, the amount of summer Arctic sea ice has diminished by more than 1 million square kilometers. As a result, vast areas of the Arctic Ocean are now, on average, ice free in summer ...

No plant or animal is exempt, from the microscopic plankton and crustaceans that fuel the entire Arctic food web, to the region’s iconic belugas and polar bears, or the 200 or so migratory bird ...