Arctic ocean

Amidst the recent troubling news that Shell Oil has received conditional approval to drill in Arctic waters, a separate, critical victory for the larger Arctic ecosystem was overshadowed.

The Barents Sea, Laptev Sea, and the Kara Sea are some of the marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean.

Photo about Winter in the Arctic - Arctic Ocean - ice in the sea. Image of landscape, season, winter - 19674149

While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, researchers find parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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arctic ice

A new study has pointed out that the Arctic sea ice is melting at an alarming rate. It highlights the increasing decline of the Arctic sea ice due to climate change.

Arctic Ocean, smallest of the world’s oceans, centering approximately on the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas are the least-known basins and bodies of water in the world ocean as a result of their remoteness, hostile weather, and perennial or seasonal ice cover.