The Arctic cryosphere is collapsing, posing overlap** environmental risks. In particular,
thawing permafrost threatens to release biological, chemical and radioactive materials that …

Seabird species world‐wide are integral to both marine and terrestrial environments,
connecting the two systems by transporting vast quantities of marine‐derived nutrients and …

Seabirds drastically transform the environmental conditions of the sites where they establish
their breeding colonies via soil, sediment, and water eutrophication (hereafter termed …

Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) undergoes long-range transport to the Arctic where some of it is
transformed into methylmercury (MeHg), potentially leading to high exposure in some Arctic …

Seabirds, with approximately 1 billion specimens, are the main exchangers of nutrients
between Terrestial and Marine Systems and they have become an emerging interest group …

Numerous environmental pressures have precipitated long-term population reductions of
many insect species. Population declines in aerially foraging insectivorous birds have also …

Rapid environmental change occurring in high‐latitude regions has the potential to cause
extensive thawing of permafrost. Retrogressive thaw slumps are a particularly spectacular …

Levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants and trace elements in seabirds breeding
in the vast Canadian Arctic have been monitored since 1975. Data from this monitoring have …

Fildes Peninsula, with a high density of scientific stations, has been significantly impacted by
anthropogenic activities. However, the contamination from penguins, a biovector that …

Monitoring of contaminant levels in wildlife over time is a tool for assessing the presence
and persistence of environmental impacts at ecosystem, community and population levels …