Climate change opens up new prey for Alaska’s orcas
As sea ice declines, bowhead whales hardly find protection from big predators off the north coast of Alaska.
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Rapid erosion of the permafrost soil in Siberia
Coastal erosion is particularly strong in the Lena Delta, releasing huge amounts of carbon and nitrogen.
Arctic changes into a new climate state
Changes in the Arctic over the last decades are so severe that scientists are talking about a new climate regime.
Huge disintegration at Arctic’s largest ice shelf
A section measuring about 110 square kilometers has broken off the largest remaining ice shelf in the Arctic and is thus experiencing a similarly rapid melting as other ice shelves that have disappeared before.
Cracks in the ice accelerate ice shelf collapse
The massive retreat of the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is due to a weakening caused by damages on its sides.
Rivalries for pollinators among Arctic plants
Climate change is increasingly influencing which arctic plants are efficiently pollinated and which are not, as a new study has found.
