Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Surface atmospheric temperatures over the Arctic Ocean are rising faster than the global average, and sea-ice coverage has declined, making some areas newly accessible to ocean-going ships.
Lucy S. Vlietstra +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Bering Strait is the single gateway between the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, and has localized strong currents, which can exceed 100 cm s-1. Although massive spring phytoplankton blooms and the subsequent production of particulate organic matter that sinks
Hiroto Abe +5 more
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The Bering Strait was flooded 10,000 years before the Last Glacial Maximum. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Significance The Bering Strait was a land bridge during the peak of the last ice age (the Last Glacial Maximum, LGM), when sea level was ~130 m lower than today.
Farmer JR +9 more
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Evolution of the Okvik/Old Bering Sea culture of the Bering Strait as a major transition. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Great transitions are thought to embody major shifts in locus of selection, labour diversification and communication systems. Such expectations are relevant for biological and cultural systems as decades of research has demonstrated similar dynamics ...
Prentiss AM +5 more
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Global gateways as telecoupled human and natural systems: The emerging case of the Bering Strait. [PDF]
Ambio, 2023 Numerous narrow marine passages around the world serve as essential gateways for the transportation of goods, the movement of people, and the migration of fish and wildlife.
Waloven S +6 more
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Demography and evolutionary history of grey wolf populations around the Bering Strait. [PDF]
Mol Ecol, 2022 Glacial and interglacial periods throughout the Pleistocene have been substantial drivers of change in species distributions. Earlier analyses suggested that modern grey wolves (Canis lupus) trace their origin to a single Late Pleistocene Beringian ...
Pacheco C +7 more
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Ecological Risk Assessment of Trace Metal in Pacific Sector of Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait Surface Sediments. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 The arctic region is a remote area with relatively few anthropogenic inputs, but there is increasing concern over toxic trace metal contamination in the Arctic Ocean.
Wang J, Gough WA, Yan J, Lu Z.
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Sea level fingerprinting of the Bering Strait flooding history detects the source of the Younger Dryas climate event. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2020 Two-phased flooding of Bering Strait is reconciled by melting North American ice saddle during Younger Dryas. During the Last Glacial Maximum, expansive continental ice sheets lowered globally averaged sea level ~130 m, exposing a land bridge at the ...
Pico T, Mitrovica JX, Mix AC.
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Species-specific reservoir effect estimates: A case study of archaeological marine samples from the Bering Strait. [PDF]
Holocene, 2022 Due to the marine reservoir effect, radiocarbon dates of marine samples require a correction. Marine reservoir effects, however, may vary among different marine species within a given body of water.
Dury JP +8 more
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Latitudinal Distributions and Controls of Bacterial Community Composition during the Summer of 2017 in Western Arctic Surface Waters (from the Bering Strait to the Chukchi Borderland). [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 The western Arctic Ocean is experiencing some of the most rapid environmental changes in the Arctic. However, little is known about the microbial community response to these changes. Employing observations from the summer of 2017, this study investigated
Lee J +12 more
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