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Warming means food changes for Arctic animals

Photo: NOAA

Scientists believe that the polar regions are the first to feel the heat from global warming.

In the Arctic’s Northern Bering Sea there’s been a significant reduction in ice, and the effects are reverberating through the ecosystem. Scientists are seeing sea creatures – from clams to seals to gray whales – escape the warming waters by moving north.

Earth & Sky’s Lindsay Patterson spoke with Jackie Grebmeier, a professor of biochemistry and ecology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She’s been studying the Northern Bering Sea for 20 years, and says that what’s now underway is a complete shift in Arctic zones.

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3 Comments for Warming means food changes for Arctic animals

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   Sep 17, 04:11 PM #

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2. Sep 19, 03:21 PM #

   Deborah Byrd says:

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