Seaweed Surges May Alter Arctic Fjord Carbon Dynamics

Seaweed Surges May Alter Arctic Fjord Carbon Dynamics

Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans In high-latitude Arctic fjords, warming seas and reduced sea ice are boosting seaweed growth. This expansion of seaweed “forests” could alter the storage and cycling of carbon in coastal Arctic ecosystems, but few studies have explored these potential effects. Roy et al. present a snapshot of the carbon dynamics of seaweed in a fjord in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the High Arctic, highligh…