Something has irreversibly broken in the Arctic Ocean, and is expected to have consequences that stretch far beyond the polar ice.
A new study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh has found that the Arctic Ocean crossed a critical threshold around 2009, triggering a chain of changes that is now unravelling its food web from the bottom up.
DISAPPEARING NUTRIENTS IN THE ARCTIC
The culprit behind the shifting ecosystem is the loss of sea ice, which has been shrinking steadily…
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