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Arctic sea ice is 10th lowest on record
Arctic sea ice fell to its 10th lowest on record last winter, according to NASA’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The sea ice peaked at 5.75 million square miles on Feb. 25—a tied for …
Arctic
Conservation News
Polar bear ranges increase as sea ice shrinks
As climate change causes sea ice to recede in the Arctic, polar bears must decide whether to travel farther for their ringed seal prey or swim to land in search of whatever other prey they …
Dana Kobilinsky
Caribou, muskoxen benefit rare vegetation
Conservation and management of populations of large herbivores like caribou and muskoxen on the Arctic tundra could help maintain rare plant species under climate change. Although it sounds strange, most species of vegetation are actually …
Dana Kobilinsky
Interdisciplinary effort to understand caribou challenges
An interdisciplinary team of scientists and Indigenous people are working together to study how climate change and human development are impacting declining caribou herds in Canada and Alaska. The team, including caribou researchers, vegetation ecologists, …
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Study—and comic—illustrate seabirds’ journey
As the climate changes, researchers want to better understand how Arctic seabirds migrate to aid conservation efforts. Using telemetry, they found three jaeger species leave a shared nesting location in the Canadian high Arctic and …
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Beavers expanding into Arctic, transforming the tundra
Beavers are heading northward, and they’re having a significant impact on the landscape in northern Canada and Alaska. That’s one of the findings highlighted in the Arctic Report Card 2021, published by the National Oceanic …
Conservation News
TWS2021: Climate change may shift seal prey in Arctic
Climate change could change the number and location of fish that seals prey on in Hudson Bay by the end of the century, likely affecting seal populations. Past studies have shown the direct effects climate …
FYI News
Watch: AI predicts long-term sea ice changes
Traditional models predict Arctic sea ice levels well over a few weeks, but long-range forecasting is a challenge. But researchers say a new tool using artificial intelligence may be far more accurate—and much faster. IceNET …
Dana Kobilinsky
Climate change changes Indigenous seal hunting
A changing climate resulting in reduced sea ice coverage is causing Indigenous seal hunters who rely on the marine mammals for subsistence to change their methods. As the ice continues to change, their ability to …
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Do polar bears wield ice blocks to kill walruses?
In the eastern Canadian Arctic and Greenland, Inuit have told stories for centuries of polar bears using rocks and blocks of ice to bludgeon walruses to death. Naturalists discounted such tales as myths, but new …