LONDON, 3 April, 2018 — Two separate studies have calculated what it would take to keep the Arctic ice frozen through the summer months — and thus preserve the precious polar ecosystem and help contain further global warming. (climatenewsnetwork.net)
One initiative Canada could push is the creation of an international Arctic fisheries agreement, which would protect the fragile polar ecosystem from unregulated commercial fishing in the high seas of the Arctic. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
The long - term geological record reveals an early Cenozoic warm climate that supported smaller polar ecosystems, few coral - algal reefs, expanded shallow - water platforms, longer food chains with less energy for top predators, and a less oxygenated ocean than today. (science.sciencemag.org)