Many cold-adapted marine plants, animals, and microorganisms thrive there. (Photo: Patricia Yager)
Phytoplankton also need light. (Photo: Melissa Booth)
Warmer temperatures melt more sea ice, but the polar light cycle remains the same. (Photo: Patricia Yager)
This depends on whether there is nitrogen available. (Photo: Patricia Yager)
What happens to the nitrogen during winter may set the limit for spring and summer. (Photo: Melissa Booth)
Carbon dioxide uptake by the Arctic also depends on photosynthesis. (Photo: Melissa Booth)
Learning more about the Arctic is the only way to answer these questions. (Photo: Melissa Booth)
Ice continues to move...and feathers fly!!?