If the Sea Ice Disappears... How will climate change affect the fertile Bering Sea?
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=63566
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=63566
Chris Linder, Tim Silva, Lonny Lippsett, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This audio slideshow examines the changes in the ecosystem that will occur to the Arctic due to increasing temperatures and disappearing sea ice.
Video length: 7:16 minutes.
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- WHOI Scientists describe ecosystem research in the southern Bering Sea and discuss why this research is important in light of predicted sea ice and ocean temperature changes.
- Comments from expert scientist: It's very interesting and it covers all trophic levels in the Bering Sea (sea ice biota, plankton, marine mammals etc.). It is well explained with comments by world-renowned scientists such as Carin Ashjian.