摘要 : Spectacular climate change has been observed in the Arctic during the last decade. Over that time, the temperature of Atlantic Water in the Nordic seas has risen by 0.3℃ - a huge increase in comparison with a rise of 0.06℃ over ... 展开 Spectacular climate change has been observed in the Arctic during the last decade. Over that time, the temperature of Atlantic Water in the Nordic seas has risen by 0.3℃ - a huge increase in comparison with a rise of 0.06℃ over the last 50 years for the ocean as a whole.An excellent site for researching the change is the Svalbard archipelago, whose waters are strongly influenced by the cold Arctic Sorkapp Current and the warm West Spitsbergen Current.These currents not only differ with regard to their temperature and salinity, but also in the compositions of their zooplankton populations. Comparison of the marine organisms that inhabit areas with distinctive hydrological regimes is allowing us to draw conclusions about the impact of climate change on the planktonic crustaceans, the planktivorous little auks, and the Arctic tundra that is fertilised by these colonially breeding marine birds. 收起