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Article: BERING SEA ECOSYSTEM RESPONDING TO CHANGES IN ARCTIC CLIMATE

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March 9, 2006
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The National Science Foundation issued the following press release:

B-roll of Jackie Grebmeier and other NSF-funded researchers at work in Arctic waters is available. Contact Dena Headlee at dheadlee@nsf.gov. The B-Roll will also be available via satellite on Friday, March 10th COORDINATES: 3:30-3:45 PM ET IA 5/13 DL 3960V.

Physical changes - including rising air and seawater temperatures and decreasing seasonal ice cover - appear to be the cause of a series of biological changes in the northern Bering Sea ecosystem that could have long-range and irreversible effects on the animals that live there and on the people who depend on them for their livelihoods.

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