Far below the Arctic Ocean surface, beyond the reach of sunlight and largely untouched by human observation, a month-long ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 13: Climate action and SDG 14: Life below water. This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on the Arctic ecosystem.

In an interdisciplinary cooperation project of the EU-projects FACE-IT, ECOTIP, and SEA-Quester, scientists investigated the consequences of climate change in the Arctic. They focused on a group of ...

For a few short weeks each year, the Arctic appears to burst into life. Early explorers often marvelled at the contrast ...

Long before the Arctic looked the way it does now, a stretch of Norway's northern coastline supported an unexpectedly rich ...

Arctic and boreal latitudes are warming faster than any other region on Earth. In three new studies, Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine report how the ecosystems in these ...

Shrinking glaciers expose new land in the Arctic, creating unique ecosystems. Researchers studied how microbes colonize these barren landscapes. The study reveals a crucial role for specific fungal ...

In the Arctic, the old, multiyear ice is increasingly melting, dramatically reducing the frequency and size of pressure ridges. These ridges are created when ice floes press against each other and ...

A study led by the EPFL suggests that shipping emissions influence climate-relevant cloud formation and may affect regional climate processes far beyond the polar region.

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This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. River aufeis (ow′ fīse) are widespread features of the arctic cryosphere. They form when river channels become locally restricted by ice, ...