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'Cryosphere meltdown' will impact Arctic marine carbon cycles and ecosystems, new study warns
A new study led by Jochen Knies from the iC3 Polar Research Hub has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of #Arctic #fjords to serve as effective #carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the capacity of polar #oceans to remove carbon from the #atmosphere may be reduced as the world continues to heat up.
Knies and his collaborators discovered that rapid changes in the Arctic are transforming vibrant fjord ecosystems like Kongsfjorden in #Svalbard. Published in Communications Earth & Environment, their findings document not only a shift in phytoplankton communities due to melting ice but also a worrying decline in the capacity of these fjords to sequester carbon.
Warmer waters can enhance #phytoplankton growth during sunlit summers, presenting an initial opportunity for increased productivity. However, as the waters become stratified, essential nutrients become harder to access, leading to a double-edged sword: while we may see a rise in phytoplankton #biomass, the efficiency of CarbonCapture could decline.
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-cryosphere-meltdown-impact-arctic-marine.html
Highly endangered sunflower star finds refuge in Canadian fjords
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-highly-endangered-sunflower-star-refuge.html
Fjord oceanographic dynamics provide refuge for critically endangered #Pycnopodia helianthoides: Alyssa-Lois Madden Gehman et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.2770
"in the summer, there is a lot of glacial runoff, dumping a lot of really cold water into the #fjords. Then, because the #SeaStars do not like cold water, they go deeper. And that may be shielding them from #SeaStarWastingDisease"
Fjord (Glaciology 🗻)
In physical geography, a fjord is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the northern and southern hemispheres. Norway's coastline is estimated to be 29,000 km long with its nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 km long excluding...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjord
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