The “Atlantification” and “Pacification” of the Arctic has begun. As warmer waters stream into an increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean, new species — from phytoplankton to whales — have the potential to upend this sensitive polar environment.
Above Scandinavia, on the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean, mackerel, cod, and other fish native to the European coast are migrating through increasingly ice-free waters, heading deeper into the Arctic Basin toward Siberia. Thousands of miles to the west, above Alaska, kittiwakes and other polar seabirds are being supplanted by southern birds following warm waters streaming north through the Bering Strait. And midway between, above Canada, sea ice-avoiding killer whales from the Atlantic are increasingly making themselves at home in a thawing Arctic.
Signs of ecosystem shifts are more dramatic on the Atlantic side of the Arctic, where inflows are far warmer, larger, and saltier. Scientists are trying to better understand what’s driving the growing invasions of species from the Arctic Ocean’s neighboring waters. All signs are that the Atlantification and Pacification of the Arctic Ocean will only intensify in the coming decades.
It’s all linked. Sea ice is such an important component of the system that once it is radically changed, you’re going to have other changes following that.
brwydave Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Let’s go back to the good ole days when those uppity seals knew their place and stayed there.
Kip W almost 5 years ago
Send the whole team to the Navy.
NeoconMan almost 5 years ago
A huge caravan of Americans is currently approaching the Canadian border in search of cheaper medicine.
We share. We don’t build walls.
Radish the wordsmith almost 5 years ago
Expert, texpert choking smokers
Don’t you think the joker laughs at you
(Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, hah hah hah)See how they smile like pigs in a sty
See how they snide
I’m crying
Mr. Blawt almost 5 years ago
The “Atlantification” and “Pacification” of the Arctic has begun. As warmer waters stream into an increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean, new species — from phytoplankton to whales — have the potential to upend this sensitive polar environment.
Above Scandinavia, on the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean, mackerel, cod, and other fish native to the European coast are migrating through increasingly ice-free waters, heading deeper into the Arctic Basin toward Siberia. Thousands of miles to the west, above Alaska, kittiwakes and other polar seabirds are being supplanted by southern birds following warm waters streaming north through the Bering Strait. And midway between, above Canada, sea ice-avoiding killer whales from the Atlantic are increasingly making themselves at home in a thawing Arctic.
Signs of ecosystem shifts are more dramatic on the Atlantic side of the Arctic, where inflows are far warmer, larger, and saltier. Scientists are trying to better understand what’s driving the growing invasions of species from the Arctic Ocean’s neighboring waters. All signs are that the Atlantification and Pacification of the Arctic Ocean will only intensify in the coming decades.
It’s all linked. Sea ice is such an important component of the system that once it is radically changed, you’re going to have other changes following that.
robnvon Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Won’t be a problem for Miller, they’re white and he hasn’t had a date since middle school.
kaffekup almost 5 years ago
Everything’s moving north Jeff, both flora and fauna. It’s only republicans who are too dumb to do that.
gcottay almost 5 years ago
But I thought King Trump allowed whites in