More icebergs have been moving through the Fram Strait since the early 2000s, often in larger groups. As they melt, stones drop onto the soft deep seafloor and create new hard habitat.
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The number of icebergs in the Arctic has increased sharply since the 2000s. This is due to the destabilization of large glaciers in northeast Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic, as well as the increasing mobility of sea ice.
