But krill populations are cyclical, and researchers can't say how quickly or severely warming and loss of ice may affect them.
Unlike most other temperate coastal systems, however, on the NW Atlantic coast, sea ice may affect considerably the survival of intertidal species and, consequently, the structure of biological communities.
Due to concerns that placing resuspended polymers on ice may affect enzymatic activity significantly, we compared the activity level of CtpS reactions under typical conditions (t = 0 min) vs incubation on ice.
Some of these lakes are connected by streams in an entire unseen hydrologic plumbing network, a system that may affect the stability of the ice sheets.
Milk with a lower fat content will likely provide less flavor and may affect the density of the ice cream as well.
The overall declines in sea ice, other scientists suggest, may affect the jet stream and influence weather farther south.
Changes in pack ice extent and duration may affect predictable foraging grounds that are within foraging range of each breeding or moult location; similarly changes in polynya extent and persistence will almost certainly be an important factor.
Relatively small deviations of the oceanic salinity and sea ice distribution in the northernmost Atlantic may affect the deep water formation process with adverse global consequences for oceanic circulation (Gulfstream) and climate of the extratropics (LeGrande et al. 2006).
Combined with the ice-albedo feedback, this amplifies the region's warming, and may affect circulation patterns like the jet stream, that can affect weather patterns in the lower 48 states and elsewhere.
Sierra Glaciers and the Global Climate Puzzle (2017) Glacial geologists explore remnants of the last ice age in California's high Sierras, in search of insights into how warming climate may affect water supplies for people far below.
