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.
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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.
Europe’s triumphs and troubles are written in Swiss ice
NEW YORK TIMES — Pollen frozen in ice in the Alps traces Europe’s calamities, since the time Macbeth ruled Scotland.
High stakes in the High North
BIOGRAPHIC — A remote island that harbored the word’s last mammoths is becoming a holdout for Arctic wildlife once again.
Global warming is threatening Alaska’s prized wedding flower
THE ATLANTIC — Business is booming for the state’s peony growers. Will climate change ruin things?