The Top 5 of February 2021
Collapsing ice shelves raised concerns in 2020, but the immediate effects of climate change in the polar regions are merely the tip of the iceberg, write Olivia Popp and Michaela Stith in this month’s top post. What happens in the polar regions doesn’t always stay in the polar regions it has profound effects on climate and communities around the world.
This month’s third top post continues the conversation around climate change and its impacts. Cullen Hendrix and Zachary Lien ask whether climate change and declining fisheries productivity are likely to lead to a future of fish wars, or can existing fisheries management institutions evolve to help prevent large-scale fisheries conflict?