The Greenland–Scotland Ridge in a Changing Ocean: Time to Act?

Bathymetric map of the Greenland–Scotland ridge with main oceanic surface currents. DS indicates the Denmark Strait while IFR indicates the Icelandic–Faroe ridge and FBC the Faroe Bank Channel.

Scientists of the Marine and Freshwater Research institute, University of Iceland and Senckenberg Institute, all members of the BIODICE network, just published a paper in Marine Ecology raising their concern about the Greenland-Scotland ridge in a changing ocean.

The objective of the paper is to raise awareness about what has been done in terms of research in the region, but also to summarize what will be needed in the future to achieve the challenges of 30 by 30 and of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The article covers some of the observed physical and biological changes in the marine environment and asks for urgent collaboration, knowledge transfer and education of the next generation of scientists.