Arctic Ocean Undergoing Atlantification Process
The Arctic Ocean is undergoing Atlantification, a process that is reshaping its physical and chemical conditions, causing it to transform from colder, fresher, and ice-capped to warmer, saltier, and increasingly ice-free. The phenomenon is disrupting Arctic ecosystems, with Atlantic species moving in and taking over, pushing out Arctic species. The discovery of abundant capelin in the Fram Strait, 400 kilometers north of where they’d ever been seen before, is further proof of how quickly Atlantification is playing out.