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Paradise lost? The changing Arctic Ocean
Posted: 12th October 2020The Arctic Ocean region is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet.
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Arctic sea ice is being increasingly melted from below by warming Atlantic water
Posted: 18th September 2020In a recent article that Prof Rippeth wrote for the The Conversation, he explains how the science is revealing the change and acceleration of processes taking place in the Arctic Ocean.
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Siberia’s permafrost erosion has been worsening for years
Posted: 16th September 2020The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on the planet. As a result, permafrost that is thousands of years old is now being lost to erosion.
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Variability in the Arctic Carbon Cycle
Posted: 14th September 2020GEOMAR scientists study seasonal changes in the Arctic Ocean
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Oceanic heat takes over atmospheric heating in melting back sea ice in the eastern Arctic Ocean
Posted: 21st August 2020New research has shown that the eastern Arctic Ocean has experienced an over two-fold reduction of winter sea ice growth over the last decade due to the growing influence of heat from the ocean’s interior.
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Scientists discover ‘tiger’ of the plankton world enjoys its veg too
Posted: 16th July 2020With large teeth, hooks and poison glands, arrow worms have been nicknamed the tigers of the plankton world and are believed to be successful carnivorous hunters of the deep – but new evidence from a Scottish researcher has shown that the creature may enjoy its ‘greens’ too.
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New warning over climate change from Siberian Arctic – BBC News
Posted: 15th July 2020Stark new findings of an international team of scientists led by the UK Met Office has raise profound questions about the future of the earth’s climate.
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Biological clocks keep ticking in the Arctic Ocean
Posted: 15th July 2020Marine biologists studying how climate change affects the Arctic found that despite permanent daylight during the Arctic summer internal biological clocks continue to provide the rhythm of life.
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Biogeochemical Consequences of Climate-Driven Changes in the Arctic
Posted: 26th May 2020New Frontiers Research Topic edited by “Changing Arctic Ocean” scientists available to view online. Publications in this topic examine the cascading effects of climate change on Arctic Ocean carbon and nutrient dynamics, including important feedbacks on local and regional budgets.
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‘Hidden’ water in the ocean could be key to understanding how creatures feed
Posted: 21st April 2020MYSTERIOUS patches of ‘hidden’ water could help scientists understand how ocean creatures feed. Scottish scientists working with marine robots have measured previously hidden patches of water between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans that could dramatically alter the understanding of how the ocean’s food web forms.
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As the Arctic warms, light pollution may pose a new threat to marine life
Posted: 5th March 2020Thanks to climate change, more humans are able to pass through the Arctic, and they’re making the region’s once black polar night brighter.
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Strathclyde mathematician joins Arctic climate change venture
Posted: 14th August 2019A mathematics researcher at the University of Strathclyde has joined a scientific venture to the Arctic Ocean which is to understand the behaviour of tiny organisms that are key to the food chain.