Billions of Juvenile Fish under the Arctic Sea Ice

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Billions of Juvenile Fish under the Arctic Sea Ice

Using a new net, marine biologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have, for the first time, been able to catch polar cod directly beneath the Arctic sea ice with a trawl, allowing them to determine their large-scale distribution and origin. This information is of fundamental importance, as polar cod are a major source of food […]

Polaris Students Work with UAA Grad Student to Find Plastic in Seabird Stomachs

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Polaris Students Work with UAA Grad Student to Find Plastic in Seabird Stomachs

“If only animals could talk,” said Veronica Padula, a UAA graduate student researching seabird decline in the Aleutian Islands, “then they could tell us what’s wrong with them.” Instead, Padula and ecology professor Douglas Causey must take the long path to an answer—research that involves lengthy and stormy boat treks through the Aleutian archipelago right […]

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