The influence of global climate change on accumulation and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in Arctic food webs

K Borgå, MA McKinney, H Routti, KJ Fernie… - … Science: Processes & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This review summarizes current understanding of how climate change-driven physical and
ecological processes influence the levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and …

Animal migration to northern latitudes: environmental changes and increasing threats

V Kubelka, BK Sandercock, T Székely… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Every year, many wild animals undertake long-distance migration to breed in the north,
taking advantage of seasonally high pulses in food supply, fewer parasites, and lower …

Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago–Svalbard, Norway

S Descamps, J Aars, E Fuglei, KM Kovacs… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic is warming more rapidly than other region on the planet, and the northern Barents
Sea, including the Svalbard Archipelago, is experiencing the fastest temperature increases …

Climate change and marine vertebrates

WJ Sydeman, E Poloczanska, TE Reed, SA Thompson - Science, 2015 - science.org
Climate change impacts on vertebrates have consequences for marine ecosystem structures
and services. We review marine fish, mammal, turtle, and seabird responses to climate …

Polar bear population dynamics in the southern Beaufort Sea during a period of sea ice decline

JF Bromaghin, TL McDonald, I Stirling… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the southern Beaufort Sea of the United States and Canada, prior investigations have
linked declines in summer sea ice to reduced physical condition, growth, and survival of …

Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: biotic interactions

MA McKinney, J Chételat, SM Burke, KH Elliott… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global climate change has led to profound alterations of the Arctic environment and
ecosystems, with potential secondary effects on mercury (Hg) within Arctic biota. This review …

[HTML][HTML] State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic

H Routti, TC Atwood, T Bechshoft, A Boltunov… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is among the Arctic species exposed to the highest
concentrations of long-range transported bioaccumulative contaminants, such as …

Climate change and nesting behaviour in vertebrates: a review of the ecological threats and potential for adaptive responses

MC Mainwaring, I Barber, DC Deeming… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nest building is a taxonomically widespread and diverse trait that allows animals to alter
local environments to create optimal conditions for offspring development. However, there is …

Rainy springs linked to poor nestling growth in a declining avian aerial insectivore (Tachycineta bicolor)

AR Cox, RJ Robertson, ÁZ Lendvai… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As species shift their ranges and phenology to cope with climate change, many are left
without a ready supply of their preferred food source during critical life stages. Food …

Can polar bears use terrestrial foods to offset lost ice‐based hunting opportunities?

KD Rode, CT Robbins, L Nelson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Increased land use by polar bears (Ursus maritimus) due to climate‐change‐induced
reduction of their sea‐ice habitat illustrates the impact of climate change on species …