For the Latest Climate Change News, We Go to Pteropods & Guillemots

Pteropods are not cocktail party conversation, usually. They are tiny amuse-bouches of the sea. Many fish, including salmon, eat them, though; if they were to die off, the impact would be significant. Research on their sensitivity to ocean acidification is of sudden interest. Continue reading For the Latest Climate Change News, We Go to Pteropods & Guillemots

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Global Warming as Seen from Cooper Island

Now, he’s watching their population crash. Global warming has caused the retreat of even multi-year ice, and the cod that the black guillemots feed on have been retreating with the ice. The open water brought a proliferation of krill that Divoky hoped might keep the cod offshore, but the cod left. Continue reading Global Warming as Seen from Cooper Island