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 the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates

O Gilg, KM Kovacs, J Aars, J Fort… - Annals of the New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is taking place more rapidly and severely in the Arctic than anywhere on the
globe, exposing Arctic vertebrates to a host of impacts. Changes in the cryosphere dominate …

Polar regions

JN Larsen, OA Anisimov, A Constable… - Climate change 2014 …, 2015 - elibrary.ru
Several recent climate impact assessments on polar regions have been undertaken,
including the synthesis report on Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (AMAP …

Phenological changes in the southern hemisphere

LE Chambers, R Altwegg, C Barbraud, P Barnard… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Current evidence of phenological responses to recent climate change is substantially biased
towards northern hemisphere temperate regions. Given regional differences in climate …

Black-legged kittiwakes as messengers of Atlantification in the Arctic

M Vihtakari, J Welcker, B Moe, O Chastel, S Tartu… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Climate warming is rapidly altering marine ecosystems towards a more temperate state on
the European side of the Arctic. However, this “Atlantification” has rarely been confirmed, as …

A bad start in life? Maternal transfer of legacy and emerging poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances to eggs in an Arctic seabird

W Jouanneau, DJ Leandri-Breton… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In birds, maternal transfer is a major exposure route for several contaminants, including poly-
and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Little is known, however, about the extent of the …

Possible future scenarios in the gateways to the Arctic for Subarctic and Arctic marine systems: II. prey resources, food webs, fish, and fisheries

FJ Mueter, B Planque, GL Hunt Jr… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Climate change impacts are pronounced at high latitudes, where warming, reduced sea-ice-
cover, and ocean acidification affect marine ecosystems. We review climate change impacts …

Climate change and the increasing impact of polar bears on bird populations

J Prop, J Aars, BJ Bårdsen, SA Hanssen… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Arctic is becoming warmer at a high rate, and contractions in the extent of sea ice are
currently changing the habitats of marine top-predators dependent on ice. Polar bears …

Arctic climate change and pollution impact little auk foraging and fitness across a decade

F Amélineau, D Grémillet, AMA Harding, W Walkusz… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Ongoing global changes apply drastic environmental forcing onto Arctic marine ecosystems,
particularly through ocean warming, sea-ice shrinkage and enhanced pollution. To test …

Earlier Arctic springs cause phenological mismatch in long-distance migrants

KK Clausen, P Clausen - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
An uneven change in climate across the Northern Hemisphere might severely affect the
phenology of migrating animals, and especially long-distance migrating birds relying on …