Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

Polar pelagic ecosystems, which include the open waters of the Arctic and Antarctic, are experiencing significant changes due to climate change. Rising ...

Polar ecosystems are synchronized with the seasonal sea ice cycle – and play a crucial role in regulating cycles of carbon and nutrients, both in the Southern Ocean and across the world via ...

They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems—brown macroalgae, known as kelps, which form dense and extensive underwater forests along rocky coastlines.