Thursday, May 27, 2021

Seabirds face dire threats from climate change, human activity — especially in Northern Hemisphere


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/uow-sfd052521.php

 

News Release 27-May-2021
University of Washington

 

Many seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere are struggling to breed -- and in the Southern Hemisphere, they may not be far behind. These are the conclusions of a study, published May 28 in Science, analyzing more than 50 years of breeding records for 67 seabird species worldwide.

The international team of scientists -- led by William Sydeman at the Farallon Institute in California -- discovered that reproductive success decreased in the past half century for fish-eating seabirds north of the equator. The Northern Hemisphere has suffered greater impacts from human-caused climate change and other human activities, like overfishing.


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