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The Arctic Council’s Arctic Marine Strategic Plan 2015-2025 (AMSP) provides a framework to guide its actions to protect Arctic marine and coastal ecosystems and to promote sustainable development. The AMSP articulates how the Arctic Council can increase its understanding of the impacts of human activities, climate change and ocean acidification.
Jan 31, 2024 · The number of unique ships entering the Arctic Polar Code area [1] from 2013 to 2023 increased by 37%, around 500 ships. Unique ships refers to each ship only counted once, although it might enter the area multiple times over each year. The number of unique ships entering the Arctic Polar Code area is generally highest in the month of September ...
Sea Stars & Sea Urchins. Despite the harsh weather and the ice cover, the Arctic Ocean is teeming with life. It has a complex but abundance ecosystem that supports large predators such as walruses, polar bears and whales. Find out about this unusual ecosystem and the plants and animals that live in and on the ice by clicking on the image at left.
Apr 16, 2007 · Arctic Ocean Circulation. (Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) This complex circulation system in the Arctic—which impacts the entire food web—is in a delicate balance. In recent years, scientists have documented changes in the Arctic system, including a dramtatic reduction in sea ice cover and a weakening of the Beaufort Gyre ...
Aug 28, 2023 · The Arctic region, however, is mostly ocean surrounded by land, and the ocean plays a big role in keeping the Arctic relatively warm. “Water can absorb a whole lot more heat than the air can,” says WHOI physical oceanographer Sylvia Cole. That heat prevents the Arctic from reaching the extreme temperatures found in Antarctica.
Sep 15, 2004 · Life and light springs eternal. Every spring, after the long dark night of Arctic winter, the sun reappears over the horizon. Then, a cumulative sequence of events begins, and life in the Arctic springs into action. With each day longer than the previous one, light begins to penetrate through the thick cover of snow and ice to the undersurface ...
Oct 28, 2020 · To bring the area into perspective: The central Arctic Ocean is the largest area of high seas in the Arctic , it is surrounded entirely by the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Norway, the Russian Federation, and the United States, and spans an area of approximately 2.8 million square kilometers – virtually the same size as the Mediterranean Sea.
As the Chair of the Arctic Council from 2019-2021, Iceland made Arctic plastic pollution and marine litter a priority in the work of the Arctic Council. Five of the Arctic Council's six Working Groups are managing projects that address the issue in some way. Magnús Jóhannesson is the Arctic Council designated Special Coordinator on Plastics ...
In the Arctic, the air, sea ice, and underlying ocean all interact in a delicately… Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the world's leading non-profit oceanographic research organization. Our mission is to explore and understand the ocean and to educate scientists, students, decision-makers, and the public.
The Arctic Council consists of the eight Arctic States. The Arctic States have territories within the Arctic and thus carry the role as stewards of the region. Their national jurisdictions and international law govern the lands surrounding the Arctic Ocean and its waters. The northern provinces of the Arctic States offer a home to more than ...
