Arctic marine mammals (AMMs) are icons of climate change, largely because of their close
association with sea ice. However, neither a circumpolar assessment of AMM status nor a …

The Arctic is warming more rapidly than other region on the planet, and the northern Barents
Sea, including the Svalbard Archipelago, is experiencing the fastest temperature increases …

The fabled Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route that were once the quests of early
Western explorers are now increasingly sea ice–free, with routine vessel transits expected …

Iñupiaq, Yup'ik, and Cup'ik hunters in 14 Alaska Native communities described a rapidly
changing marine environment in qualitative traditional knowledge interviews conducted over …

Reductions in summer sea ice in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas are expected to affect what
has been an ice-adapted marine food web in the Pacific Arctic. To determine whether recent …

Alaska's communities are experiencing impacts from unprecedented climate-related
changes in the harvests of natural resources. Residents of rural Alaska are reporting …

The probability of major oil accidents in Arctic seas is increasing alongside with increasing
maritime traffic. Hence, there is a growing need to understand the risks posed by oil spills to …

Climate change is expected to increase the prevalence of acute and chronic diseases
among human and animal populations within the Arctic and subarctic latitudes of North …

In the Arctic, warming and concomitant reductions in sea ice will affect the underwater
soundscape, with the greatest changes likely being linked to anthropogenic activities. In this …

Shifts in abiotic conditions can strongly influence not only the demography, ecology, and
evolution of individual species, but also the networks of interactions that structure …