by #JuliaOMalley @grist:
"Some 330 people, most of them Indigenous, live in the village of St. Paul, about 800 miles west of Anchorage, where the local economy depends almost entirely on the commercial snow crab business. Over the last few years, 10 billion snow crabs have unexpectedly vanished from the Bering Sea. I was traveling there to find out what the villagers might do next."
https://grist.org/food/alaska-snow-crab-vanish-st-paul-island/
#Indigenous #StPaul #Alaska #food #SnowCrabs #sustainability #BeringSea #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #climate #GlobalWarming #environment #Grist
#juliaomalley #indigenous #stpaul #alaska #food #snowcrabs #sustainability #beringsea #ClimateCrisis #climateemergency #ClimateChange #climate #globalwarming #environment #Grist
Hot off the digital press: The Spring 2023 issue of Bering Science, a project of the Alaska Ocean Observing System with contributions from the International Arctic Research Center. This issue has articles on crabs, salmon, sea birds harmful algal blooms and, yes, weather & climate, including a recap of ex-Typhoon Merbok. Online version below at the link; you can grab the pdf there if you like. #akwx #BeringSea #Ecosystem #ClimateChange
#akwx #beringsea #ecosystem #climatechange
DewiLanglet@fediscience.org ๐
New paper alert:
Meiofauna in the southeastern Bering Sea
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.996380/full
which should read quite well in the company of this old one:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.582818/full
#deepsea #beringsea #meiofauna
Bycatch is a contentious issue in Alaska, with the big Bering Sea trawl fleet taking some heat for poor salmon runs on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. But science suggests that bycatch is no more than a minor factor in the salmon failures. Whatever role it plays, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is taking some steps on the issue -- albeit, very slow steps for now. #Alaska #salmon #bycatch #YukonRiver #KuskokwimRiver #BeringSea https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/04/11/fishery-council-moves-toward-more-regulation-to-limit-chum-salmon-bycatch-but-avoids-firm-cap/
#alaska #salmon #ByCatch #yukonriver #kuskokwimriver #beringsea
We'll be tracking the Bering Sea ice extent for the seasonal maximum in the coming weeks. It's possible the max extent happening, now as south to southeast winds are coming this weekend and will continue into next week. But as the graphic shows, it's not uncommon for max #BeringSea #seaice extent to occur in late March or even early April.
#akwx #Arctic
@Climatologist49 @ZLabe
#beringsea #seaice #akwx #arctic
What is a #whale - #BathshebaDemuth compares in this essay the cultural difference between relationships based on reciprocity and commodification!
3/x #BatshebaDemuth
#batshebademuth #bathshebademuth #beringsea #whaling #whale
๐งถ The best of Bathsheba Demuth
Listened yesterday and the day before to this podcast with Dr. Demuth on the #beringsea #arctic #whales #whaling #indiginouspeople #capitalism #communism #greenpeace and much more!
It was so fantastic I would guess at then end of this year it will hold on to the position off being one of the best of the year.
1/x #BatshebaDemuth
http://www.whenwetalkaboutanimals.org/2020/02/10/ep-28-bathsheba-demuth/
#batshebademuth #indiginouspeople #greenpeace #communism #capitalism #whaling #whales #arctic #beringsea
Bering Land Bridge Was Established Later In The Ice Age Than Scientists Thought
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https://www.iflscience.com/bering-land-bridge-was-established-later-in-the-ice-age-than-scientists-thought-66866 <-- article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206742119 <-- shared paper
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H/T Thomas Holtz @Arctomet
[aside โ I spent many hours as a post grad staring down a microscope at forams, so many years ago]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #formanifera #beringsea #beringstrait #landbridge #model #modeling #iceage #bathymetry #hydrography #migration #human #ancienthistory #Asia #Alaska #LastGlacialMaximum #LGM #sealevel #nitrogenisotopes #cores #spatiotemporal #icesheet
#gis #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #formanifera #beringsea #beringstrait #landbridge #model #modeling #iceage #bathymetry #hydrography #migration #human #ancienthistory #asia #alaska #lastglacialmaximum #lgm #sealevel #nitrogenisotopes #cores #spatiotemporal #icesheet
Bering Science report released
-Warmer than usual ocean temperatures which, for the first time ever, surpassed 46หF at the seafloor in the southern #BeringSea
-Despite relatively normal sea ice conditions in early winter, by March the sea ice extent plummeted faster than ever
-Unusual die-offs of seabirds, ice seals and gray whales in recent years
-Dramatic changes in distribution of certain fish species
https://uaf-iarc.org/2020/06/17/bering-science-report-released/
PDF:
https://uaf-iarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bering-Science_June-4-2020_HMcfarland-WEB-2.pdf
#beringsea #climatescience #cryosphere
#Meteor #blast over #BeringSea was 10 times size of Hiroshima | #Science | The Guardian
#meteor #blast #beringsea #science #russia