Michigan State University researchers and partners have been mapping the overlap between marine traffic and seabird movements to see when ships meet seabirds DGHEYEY KAQ’/ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A new study has revealed that some of North America’s most important migratory seabird thoroughfares are at risk from marine vessel traffic. Seabird biologist Kathy Kuletz, Michigan State University postdoc […]
A new study in the journal Science aims to improve marine conservation efforts by identifying the busiest migration corridors and critical habitats of the oceans’ largest species. Whales, porpoises, polar bears, seabirds and seals are among the megafauna who play crucial roles in Arctic waters and those beyond, supporting fragile food webs, diverse ecosystems and subsistence lifeways. […]
“This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds’ digestive system,” the paper’s lead author said A newly discovered disease is sickening seabirds, and it’s not caused by a virus or bacteria—it’s caused by ingesting the increasingly […]
The Arctic Report Card, a compilation of northern science by researchers from all over the planet — most of them doing work in Alaska — came out in mid-December at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Chicago. In summary, what smart people predicted in 2006, during the first report card press conference, […]