New research reconstructs the Bering Strait’s flooding history, raising surprising questions about human migration and how ice sheets form.
Bering Sea
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Overturning in the Pacific May Have Enabled a “Standstill” in Beringia
During the last glacial period, a vanished ocean current may have made the land bridge between Asia and the Americas into a place where humans could wait out the ice.
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As Arctic Sea Ice Disappears, What Happens to Ecosystems?
The northern Bering Sea is experiencing record-setting low winter sea ice levels, which are impacting plankton, fish, and other animals in the region.
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Fireball over the Bering Sea
Powerful meteorite explodes over “a sensitive part of the world.”