The Arctic Ocean affects the Bering Sea, especially ice formation and transport. Sea Ice and the Biological Regime The duration and extent of sea ice depends primarily on atmospheric processes to ...

During this period of sea ice loss, wind speeds and wave heights increased. "In the Bering Sea, sea ice acts both to dampen waves as they hit the edge of the ice cover, and also to limit the ...

At that time, the Bering Sea became warmer and there was less ice cover than previously; other changes happened as well. (It is possible but not certain that in 2001 the regime is changing again ...

Record-low winter sea ice in the Arctic this year adds to a continued trend of decreasing seasonal sea ice and an increase in threats faced by communities along Alaska’s northern and western shores.

A view of St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea. Isotope analysis of a peat sample from the island allowed researchers to determine sea ice extent in the region for the past 5,500 years.