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Big Discovery Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony [1]

"Scientists discovered a mammoth nesting ground with an estimated 60 million icefish nests in the Weddell Sea."

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: NYTimes [7], 01/18/2022
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"‘Drastic’ Rise In High Arctic Lightning Has Scientists Worried" [8]

"The high Arctic saw a dramatic rise in lightning in 2021 in what could be one of the most spectacular manifestations of the climate crisis."

Climate Change [9]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: Guardian [11], 01/10/2022
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"Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic" [12]

"Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse."

Climate Change [9]
Public [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: Wired [13], 01/05/2022
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Die-Offs, Melting Ice: Climate Change Is Wreaking Havoc In Arctic Seas [14]

"Forces profound and alarming are reshaping the upper reaches of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans, breaking the food chain that supports billions of creatures and one of the world’s most important fisheries."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [9]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [16]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: LA Times [17], 12/21/2021
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"Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm" [18]

"The immense and forbidding Southern Ocean is famous for howling gales and devilish swells that have tested mariners for centuries. But its true strength lies beneath the waves." "Wilder winds are altering currents. The sea is releasing carbon dioxide. Ice is melting from below."

Climate Change [9]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [20]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: NYTimes [21], 12/15/2021
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"Trends in Arctic Report Card: ‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’" [22]

"The changes happening at the top of the planet could unfold elsewhere in the years to come, scientists report." "Across the icy dome that crowns the Earth, rising temperatures are turning the tundra greener and more lush. Beavers are expanding their range. Garbage from passing ships is fouling the shores. Wildfires are scorching the once permanently frozen lands of Siberia."

Climate Change [9]
Science [19]
Public [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: NYTimes [23], 12/15/2021
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"Crucial Antarctic Ice Shelf Could Fail Within 5 Years, Scientists Say" [24]

"Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years."

Climate Change [9]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: Washington Post [25], 12/14/2021
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In First, Alaska’s Arctic Waters Appear Poised for Dangerous Algal Blooms [26]

"Climate change is bringing potentially deadly dinoflagellate blooms to the Far North, posing a new risk to food security."

Climate Change [9]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Food [27]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: Hakai [29], 12/03/2021
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"The Arctic Could Get More Rain And Less Snow Sooner Than Projected" [30]

"The planet’s warming is transforming the sprawling and fragile Arctic, moving it toward a future that can be summed up in four words: more rain, less snow. But now researchers say that unprecedented shift — and the profound impacts that are likely to accompany it — could come decades sooner than previously thought."

Climate Change [9]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: Washington Post [31], 12/02/2021
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"This Ocean Invaded Its Neighbor Earlier Than Anyone Thought" [32]

"The saltier Atlantic broke through layers of ice and freshwater, contributing to the Arctic’s warming."

Climate Change [9]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [20]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: NYTimes [33], 12/01/2021
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/big-discovery-beneath-antarctic-seas-giant-icefish-breeding-colony [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic [7] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/science/icefish-antarctica-eggs-colony.html [8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/drastic-rise-high-arctic-lightning-has-scientists-worried [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [11] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/07/lightning-high-arctic-rise-scientists-worried [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildfires-are-digging-carbon-spewing-holes-arctic [13] https://www.wired.com/story/wildfires-are-digging-carbon-spewing-holes-in-the-arctic/ [14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/die-offs-melting-ice-climate-change-wreaking-havoc-arctic-seas [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii [17] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-12-17/north-pacific-arctic-ecosystem-collapse-climate-change [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rising-antarctic-climate-alarm [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [21] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/climate/antarctic-climate-change.html [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trends-arctic-report-card-consistent-alarming-and-undeniable [23] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/climate/arctic-report-card-climate-change.html [24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/crucial-antarctic-ice-shelf-could-fail-within-5-years-scientists-say [25] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/13/thwaites-glacier-melt-antarctica/ [26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/first-alaska-s-arctic-waters-appear-poised-dangerous-algal-blooms [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [29] https://hakaimagazine.com/news/in-a-first-alaskas-arctic-waters-appear-poised-for-dangerous-algal-blooms/ [30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/arctic-could-get-more-rain-and-less-snow-sooner-projected [31] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/30/arctic-rain-snow-climate-change/ [32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ocean-invaded-its-neighbor-earlier-anyone-thought [33] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/science/arctic-ocean-atlantification.html [34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=10 [35] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=7 [36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=8 [37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=9 [38] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=12 [39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=13 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=14 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=15 [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic?page=35