The effects of global warming are felt earlier in Arctic regions than elsewhere in the world. Now research shows that Arctic marine food webs can adapt to climate change — but the study authors warn that this impression of resilience may be false in the long term.
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Yletyinen, J. Arctic climate resilience. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 805–806 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0616-4
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