![]() ![]() Whether its fishing vessels seeking better catches over a longer season, or Russian shipping companies eager for better ways to deliver oil and gas to Chinese customers, increased marine traffic is a given. ![]() ![]() Understanding when and where ships are entering areas of sea ice can help us to better understand potential impacts of vessel traffic in the region." "Sea ice also provides critical habitat for many endemic Arctic species and a hunting platform for Indigenous subsistence hunters. "Even with climate change, sea ice is still a substantial barrier to Arctic vessel traffic," said Kelly Kapsar, a research associate at MSU's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS). Scientists at Michigan State University (MSU), University of Waterloo, and University of Alaska Fairbanks report in Climatic Change where vessels are traveling in the ice-covered waters of the Arctic between Alaska and Russia, and what those reports may mean for important wildlife and communities in the region. ![]()
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