Resumen de Wildlife in peril as the Arctic melts
The ongoing loss of sea-ice cover is wreaking havoc on ecosystems across the Arctic, and may spell the end of more species than previously thought. Arctic sea-ice cover has shrunk this year to the second lowest summer level ever recorded, following an unprecedented winter low. But less obvious species may also be in trouble. Martin Renner of Tern Again Consulting and his colleagues examined data on sea ice and zooplankton, fish and seabirds in the south-east Bering Sea between 1975 and 2014. They found that most seabird and large zooplankton species were less abundant--by 90% on average for birds--when sea ice melted early in spring, suggesting that these species will decline in a warmer climate
