Polar Ocean Mitigation Potential (POMP)

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Published April 3, 2025 | Version v1
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A Horizon scan for Arctic coastal biodiversity: understanding changes requires international collaboration

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Aarhus University
  • 2. Université Laval
  • 3. ROR icon Scottish Association For Marine Science
  • 4. ROR icon University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • 5. ROR icon Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
  • 6. Náttúrustofa Suðvesturlands
  • 7. ROR icon UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • 8. Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
  • 9. CIBIO - Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources
  • 10. Klaipėda University
  • 11. EDMO icon Norwegian Institute of Water Research
  • 12. ROR icon St. Francis Xavier University
  • 13. Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
  • 14. Saint Petersburg State University
  • 15. Zoological Institute RAS
  • 16. Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 17. EDMO icon Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

Description

Arctic coastal biodiversity faces increasing threats from anthropogenic activities and climate change. However, the effects on biodiversity are still poorly understood, hindering actions aimed at mitigating the impacts at a pan-Arctic scale. We present the results of a horizon scan that provides a road map to address knowledge gaps on the influence of anthropogenic activities, from increased shipping and harvesting to consequences of climate change including increasing temperatures, cryosphere loss, and freshwater runoff. Predictions on ecological change, species range expansions, and anthropogenic impacts on Arctic coasts are hampered by the lack of biodiversity data and scarcity of biological long-term monitoring programs. Filling these knowledge gaps will require coordinated international efforts and standardized experiments across the diverse ecosystems characterizing the Arctic.

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Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.tree.2025.02.008

Funding

European Commission
POMP - Polar Ocean Mitigation Potential 101136875
Carlsberg Foundation
CF23-0321
Carlsberg Foundation
Synergic impacts of pollution and warming in the rapidly changing Arctic CF21-0564
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Synergetic impacts of stressors on biodiversity in a rapidly changing Arctic 10.46540/3120-00045B
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
311624

Dates

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2025-04-03