Survey shows billions of juvenile Arctic cod under sea ice

Arctic cod. Photo: Robin West/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
What happens under the Arctic ice cap has largely been hidden from the prying eyes of science. But a new under-ice trawl net has changed that. A recent study published in the journal Polar Biology found a Arctic cod lurking there in the billions.
Imperiled habitat. That’s what you might call your digs if you live under the ice in a warming ocean.
A new study by German researchers estimates the prevalence of nearly nine bill