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Climate change: Antarctic seal numbers tied to global temperature
Mom and child Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazelle) on the seashore at Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica Peter Barritt / Alamy Inventory Photograph
The Antarctic fur seal inhabitants has grown and shrunk over the previous 50,000 years because the local weather has modified, a genetic evaluation suggests – and the discovering may assist us predict the place the marine predators will select to stay because the local weather continues to heat.
At this time, Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) seem loyal to the identical islands, significantly these of South Georgia within the south Atlantic Ocean. In the course of the annual breeding season, some …