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Energetic bottleneck factors in catastrophic winter seabird losses
Jul 17, 2009 |
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It's a terrible sight: hundreds of dead seabirds washed up on the seashore. These catastrophic events occur in the winter and are known as winter wrecks. No one knows why the birds perish, and it is almost impossible to study ...
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Seabird ammonia emissions contribute to atmospheric acidity
Sep 23, 2008 |
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Ammonia emissions from seabirds have been shown to be a significant source of nitrogen in remote coastal ecosystems, contributing to nutrient enrichment (eutrophication) and acidification in ecosystems. While most ammonia ...
Seagull blood shows promise for monitoring pollutants from oil spills
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Like the proverbial coal miners’ canary-in-the-cage, seagulls may become living sentinels to monitor oil pollution levels in marine environments, report scientists in Spain. Their study is scheduled for the ...
Black rat does not bother Mediterranean seabirds
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Human activities have meant invasive species have been able to populate parts of the world to which they are not native and alter biodiversity there over thousands of years. Now, an international team of scientists ...
Seabird deaths worry scientists
Jan 30, 2006 |
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The mass starvation of seabirds along the U.S. west coast that is causing concern among environmental scientists.
Assessing levies for by-catch could fund conservation measures
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Jul 18, 2007 |
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Fishing industry lines accidentally catch so many seabirds and turtles that their populations are being threatened. One solution offered by a Cornell researcher and an Australian government scientist is to assess fines when ...
Flourishing eagles feast on Maine's rare seabirds
May 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bald eagles, bouncing back after years of decline, are swaggering forth with an appetite for great cormorant chicks that threatens to wipe out that bird population in the United States.
Scientists uncover a dramatic rise in sea level and its broad ramifications
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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Scientists have found proof in Bermuda that the planet's sea level was once more than 21 meters (70 feet) higher about 400,000 years ago than it is now. Their findings were published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews Wednes ...
Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to ...
Mysterious Fiji petrel sighting raises hopes
Sep 14, 2009 |
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The first ever positive identification at sea of one of the world's most mysterious and endangered seabirds has raised hopes for the survival of the Fijian petrel, conservationists said Monday.
Researchers tie crest size to seabirds' suitability as a mate
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A newly released study by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks offers evidence that in one breed of northern seabird, the size of males' feather crests may be more than simple ornamentation.
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