Photo of a spotted seal pup and mother on an ice floe.

Cascade of extreme events transforming Bering Sea, challenging communities

Unprecedentedly low sea ice cover in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas during back-to-back winters from 2018 to 2019 caused a cascade of impacts that abruptly transformed the regional marine ecosystem, compounding challenges faced by the communities that rely on it. 

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