Knock-on effects for wildlife as the Arctic loses ice

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Many of the impacts of retreating Arctic sea ice are reasonably well known. But the loss of sea ice isn't just a climate issue, it's also an ecological one. A new review article in the journal Science examines the effect of climate change in the Arctic on the plants, animals and ecosystems of the region.

 

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