The Arctic’s disappearing sea ice is doing more than reshaping one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. Scientists say it is also depleting the ocean of nitrate.
Nitrate helps sustain the tiny organisms at the base of the marine food web. That change could ripple outward to fish, seabirds, and marine mammals.
A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment found that nitrate levels in Arctic waters flowing through Fram Strait have been decreasing since around 2009….
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