Changes in seabird breeding productivity reflect hemispheric differences in ocean warming and human use, and call out the need for policies that reduce the impacts of climate change on the world’s marine ecosystems.
By: Camilla Næss, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
The food supply places limits on the seabirds’ breeding success. Chicks in poor condition do not have great chances of getting on the wings. Photo: Tycho Anker-Nilssen / NINAA new, global study published in Science shows increasing nesting failure among seabirds throughout the northern hemisphere. Puffins are one of the species affected. Photo: Tycho Anker-Nilssen / NINA
