Fram Strait

Arctic Sea Ice Influenced Force of Gulf Stream. Aug. 21, 2014 — The force of the Gulf Stream was significantly influenced by the sea ice situation in the Fram Strait in the past 30,000 years. On the basis of biomarkers in deposits on the seafloor, geologists ... read more. FROM AROUND THE WEB ...

A bowhead whale surfaces in Fram Strait, to the northwest of Norway. (Credit: Kit Kovacs/Norwegian Polar Institute via U. Washington). “We were hoping when we put the hydrophone out that we might hear a few sounds,” Stafford said of the earlier study. “When we heard, it was astonishing: Bowhead ...

Linda Valdez: Bowhead whale research gives us a humbling glimpse into why we need the environmental protections that the Trump administration wants to nix. Bowhead-Closeup-Kit-Kovacs.jpg. A bowhead whale swims just under the surface with its mouth open in Fram Strait. Photo courtesy of the ...

This June 2017 photo provided by the Norwegian Polar Institute shows a bowhead whale in the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard. In a study released April 4, 2018, scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of bowhead whales and have found they are more prolific than other ...

A bowhead whale swims in the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard. Scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of the Arctic dwellers and have found their melodies are more novel and creative than other whales in new research published last week. (Kit M. Kovacs, Christian ...

Bowhead whales may be the most versatile singers in the mammalian world. Recordings show that they regularly devise entirely new songs, rather than modifying existing ones. Bowhead whales are some of the largest animals alive. They spend their lives in and around the Arctic. Kate Stafford of the ...

A bowhead whale swims just under the surface with its mouth open in Fram Strait. (Kit Kovacs/Norwegian Polar Institute). UW scientist records the “jazz singers of the Arctic” as bowhead whales shriek, moan, rattle and ululate under the ice during the dark of winter.

According to Thomas Krumpen, "It takes about two and a half years for the ice formed along the coast of the Laptev Sea to be carried across the Arctic Ocean and past the North Pole into the Fram Strait between the east cost of Greenland and Svalbard." Needless to say, the methane trapped in the ice and ...

To show the scale of the pollution with plastics, the researchers have created some models have shown that transport via ocean currents from more densely populated areas further south is highly likely. Water from the Atlantic entering the Arctic Ocean through the Fram Strait contains plastic debris, as well ...

According to Thomas Krumpen, "It takes about two and a half years for the ice formed along the coast of the Laptev Sea to be carried across the Arctic Ocean and past the North Pole into the Fram Strait between the east cost of Greenland and Svalbard." Needless to say, the methane trapped in the ice and ...

According to Thomas Krumpen, "It takes about two and a half years for the ice formed along the coast of the Laptev Sea to be carried across the Arctic Ocean and past the North Pole into the Fram Strait between the east cost of Greenland and Svalbard." Needless to say, the methane trapped in the ice and ...

Water from the Atlantic entering the Arctic Ocean through the Fram Strait contains plastic debris, as well as other pollutants such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals. "In addition to this long-range transport, local sources also play a role," Herzke explains. "With more people living in and ...

From 2010 to 2014, they dropped hydrophones into the ocean in the Fram Strait, a deepwater passage on the east coast of Iceland. The researchers soon realized that the sounds they were listening to were among the most complex ever recorded in the animal kingdom. According to Stafford, bowhead ...

In a study released in the April 4 edition of Biology Letters, scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of bowhead whales which roam the Arctic under the ice, and have found they are more prolific and jazzier than other whales. Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen/Norwegian Polar Institute via AP ...

Bowhead whale song recorded in Fram Strait on Dec. 30, 2013. Kate Stafford/University of Washington. Such complex songs are rare among mammals, the authors write. Many mammals have short, repetitive calls. But only some mammals sing, that is, produce complex, distinct musical phrases that need to ...

She said she recently hired climate modelers who she said assured her that Ice911 could lower Arctic temperatures by placing her sand in limited, strategic locations, such as the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard. “We're working to simply restore an ecosystem that has a profound effect on the ...