Tag: Arctic

Chum Salmon Are Spawning in the Arctic. It’s an Ominous Sign

By laying eggs in the rivers, the chum salmon might actually help native fishes by providing food for them. These frigid Arctic waters aren’t particularly productive, biologically speaking, meaning there isn’t normally...

Huge Sponges Are Eating an Extinct Arctic Ecosystem

Stretching for nearly 80 miles across the seafloor of the central Arctic, the Langseth Ridge is craggy, barren, and generally inhospitable. And it should be: Unlike more productive oceans, few nutrients swirl...
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