Seabird nests are full of discarded plastic debris
Researchers have found that plastic debris is incorporated in up to 80% of seabird nests.
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May 5, 2020
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The little auks that lived in the Pacific
Findings from a 700,000-year-old fossil bone indicate that a close relative of the most abundant seabird species in the North Atlantic, the modern dovekie, or 'little auk,' used to thrive in the Pacific Ocean and Japan.
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2020
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Worst marine heatwave on record killed one million seabirds in North Pacific Ocean
The common guillemot (known as the common murre in North America) breeds in both the Pacific and the Atlantic and is among the most abundant seabirds in the northern hemisphere. But like many other seabirds, its numbers have ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2020
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Puffins make poor diet choices when the chips are down
A new study has shown that Britain's puffins may struggle to adapt to changes in their North Sea feeding grounds and researchers are calling for better use of marine protection areas (MPAs) to help protect the country's best ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2019
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Early breeding season for some Arctic seabirds due global warming
The breeding season of some seabirds in Arctic regions takes place earlier as a result of the temperature rise caused by climate change, according to a science article with Francisco Ramírez, from the Faculty of Biology ...
Ecology
Oct 7, 2019
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Seabirds are threatened by hazardous chemicals in plastics
An international collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) , Japan, has found that hazardous chemicals were detected in plastics eaten by seabirds. This suggests that the seabird ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2019
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Birdwatchers highlight declines of seabirds off south-eastern Australia
Thirteen species of seabirds are declining off the coast of south-eastern Australia, a 17-year study by researchers at the Centre for Ecosystem Science at UNSW Sydney revealed.
Ecology
Jul 1, 2019
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Ocean life in 3-D: Mapping phytoplankton with a smart AUV
Phytoplankton form the base of the marine food chain but are notoriously difficult for scientists to account for—a little like trying to identify and count motes of dust in the air. A truly independent underwater vehicle ...
Robotics
Mar 7, 2019
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New study—how to save a seabird
In the 1990s, the endangered status of the short-tailed albatross catalyzed efforts to reduce the number of birds accidentally killed as bycatch in Alaska, home to the country's biggest fisheries. Marine fisheries scientist ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2019
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Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony
The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), is partly due to poor diet, research led by the University of Birmingham has found.
Ecology
Feb 4, 2019
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