You may think of the Arctic as a barren wasteland of snow and ice. But there is lots of life thriving in those cold temperatures. Admittedly, there are fewer animals that have adapted to live in ...

Arctic terns had been increasing until about five ... Some researchers think the changing climate may be disrupting the food chain in the birds’ winter destination, Antarctica, leaving them ...

Arctic Terns live on the Antarctic ice for one third of their annual lifecycle. Analysis of their feathers shows their main food source is krill or similar crustaceans. There were marked ...

Their favourite food is the sand eel but when this population crashes due to over fishing, life can be hard for the birds. Web links RSPB The Arctic Tern is found on coasts and rocky islands ...

Arctic blooms occurring earlier: Phytoplankton peak arising 50 days early, with unknown impacts on marine food chain and carbon cycling Date: March 3, 2011 Source: University of California - San ...

Somewhere in Greenland there’s an Arctic tern that ... areas that are rich in food. They returned in May and June having traveled, on average, about 44,000 miles. One tern totaled 50,700 miles ...

Without the ice algae, zooplankton may starve, and that means the whole Arctic food chain could eventually collapse. In order to get a grasp on the changes happening in the Arctic, the Natural ...

Four different audio recorders placed in different regions of the north-western Arctic collected eight ... orcas are at the top of the food chain and feast on fish, seals and even other cetaceans ...