Alaska Public Media: The Arctic sea ice has been surprising scientists for the last six years. It set a new record for melting back during the International Polar Year in 2007. Last year it beat that record, but at the same time the seasonal ice in the Bering Sea has been increasing also to a record last winter. Whatever is driving these changes is also beginning to affect the vegetation on land. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology set up a series of test plots along the Dalton Highway...