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Puffins Don’t Have Enough Food to Eat
If seawater temperatures in Iceland increase by just one degree, which it has since the last cold cycle between 1965-1995, the ability of each species to survive the winter changes, too. For puffins, that means they have to fly further to find a source of food. Without enough food to eat, the adults make the instinctive choice and feed themselves first. Today, 40% of the puffin chick population in Iceland is starving. [New York Times]
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If seawater temperatures in Iceland increase by just one degree, which it has since the last cold cycle between 1965-1995, the ability of each species to survive the winter changes, too.
For puffins, that means they have to fly further to find a source of food. Without enough food to eat, the adults make the instinctive choice and feed themselves first. Today, 40% of the puffin chick population in Iceland is starving. [New York Times]
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