Sea ice is an essential component of the Arctic climate system. The Arctic sea ice cover has
undergone substantial changes in the past 40+ years, including decline in areal extent in all …

The Arctic region is experiencing drastic climatic changes bringing about potential
ecological shifts. Here, we explored marine biodiversity and potential species associations …

The occurrence, abundance, biomass and size composition of six boreal fish species
(walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus, Pacific cod G. macrocephalus, northern wolffish …

In the Pacific Arctic, the Chukchi Sea has been warming for decades, and exhibited an
exceptionally warm period from 2015 to 2021. We examined changes in seabird distribution …

Rapid climate change is altering Arctic ecosystems at unprecedented rates. These changes
in the physical environment may open new corridors for species range expansions, with …

We delineated and scored Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) in the Arctic region for
bowhead (Balaena mysticetus), gray (Eschrichtius robustus), humpback (Megaptera …

Prior to 1984, belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) were seen in large numbers during spring
and summer in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, and provided an important subsistence resource to …

Climate change is rapidly affecting species distributions across the globe, particularly in the
North Atlantic. For highly mobile and elusive cetaceans, the genetic data needed to …

In a rapidly changing Arctic, multiple lines of evidence suggest that bowhead whale
migration is changing. To explore these changes further, we used passive acoustic data to …

Understanding the temporal and spatial distribution of bowhead whales is ecologically and
culturally important in the context of a rapidly changing climate. Long-term monitoring can …