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Arctic biodiversity at risk as world overshoots climate planetary boundary
by Gloria Dickie on 29 April 2021
The Arctic Ocean biome is changing rapidly, warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world. In turn, multiyear sea ice is thinning and shrinking, upsetting the system’s natural equilibrium.
Thinner sea ice has led to massive under-ice phytoplankton blooms, drawing southern species poleward; fish species from lower latitudes are moving into the peripheral seas of the Arctic Ocean, displacing and outcompeting native Arctic species.
Predators at the top of the food chain, such as polar bears, are suffering the consequences of disappearing ice, forced onto land for longer periods of time where they cannot productively hunt.
Dhaka hosts Session of IOC Sub-Commission for Western Pacific
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DHAKA, April 27, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh is hosting the 13th Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) virtually from April 27 to 29, 2021.
Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has inaugurated the 3-day Session on behalf of the host country and delivered the welcome remarks.
Momen emphasized on conducting more timely research on the availability, sustainable utilization and exploration of the marine resources that are available in nature.
He requested IOC WESTPAC for more innovative approaches in capacity building programme and sought support for engaging young researchers and scientists of Bangladesh in its ongoing and future research initiatives.