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Warmer waters, animal die-offs and toxic blooms are among the signs that a ‘new Arctic’ is here

In the Bering and Chukchi seas, changes have been dramatic.

By Yereth Rosen February 6, 2020
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Temperatures in the northern Bering Sea and in the Chukchi Sea waters directly to its north spiked in 2019 to levels higher than those forecast for after 2040. Boreal species like Pacific cod and pollock have swarmed into Arctic waters. Hazardous algal blooms have proliferated. Large numbers of seabirds died, apparently from lack of food.

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