Butterflies in the storm
BIOGRAPHIC — Battling rising seas and creeping asphalt, scientists race to save two endangered species.
Posts Categorized: environment
With warming temperatures, Canada’s Arctic glaciers are melting faster
ARCTIC TODAY — Most of Canada’s Arctic glaciers are shrinking — and some are already gone. Researchers in two separate studies documented dramatic changes beginning in the 1990s after decades of stability.
Cost of Arctic fieldwork limits research
SCIENCE — Funding sources are often insufficient to cover expenses, limiting scientists from understanding how Arctic ecosystems are responding to climate change.
Sea change
BIOGRAPHIC — The Arctic Ocean is beginning to look and act more like the Atlantic. It’s a shift that threatens to upend an entire food web built on frigid waters.
Nations put science before fishing in the Arctic
SCIENCE — Nine nations and the European Union have reached a deal to place the central Arctic Ocean (CAO) off-limits to commercial fishers for at least the next 16 years.