Sea ice algae feed the krill, which feed the fish, which feed the whales. So what happens if the algae bloom too early or too late, leaving baby krill without a food source?

These are the questions Megan Lenss, a Cedar Rapids Xavier and University of Iowa graduate, is studying as part of a Fulbright Study/Research Arts grant in oceanography in Norway this year. She and other researchers do this work as Arctic sea ice shrinks because of climate change.