Towards a shared understanding of Arctic climate change and urgency in Alaska

• Published in: The Geographical Journal
• Main Authors: Mustonen, Tero, Van Dam, Brie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Bering Sea; Norton Sound; Climate change; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12382; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geoj.12382; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/geoj.12382; https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geoj.12382

Recent years have seen record changes in the Arctic and circumpolar North. Rapid ice loss leading to an unprecedented lack of sea ice in Norton Sound and the greater Bering Sea for two subsequent winters caused cascading impacts on the marine ecosystem and beyond. In this article, we reflect on the...