Originally published March 13, 2015By Nadia M. WhiteheadArctic ponds play an important role in Alaska's northern ecosystem, but a recent study by University of Texas at El Paso researchers calls their future into question.'Ponds are disappearing and shrinking up north,' said Christian Andresen, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at UTEP. 'And my own estimates about their disappearance are very conservative.'Along with ecologist 'We suspected that ponds would be smaller due to observations ....