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Iceland's Seabird Colonies Vanishing "Massive" Chick Deaths
2014-08-27 08:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: When the days grew long, seabirds flocked to this hamlet on the edge of the Arctic to rear their chicks under the midnight sun. "Kria," shrieked the terns, calling summer up from the slumbering ground. Black cliffs were transformed into snowbanks of white kittiwakes. Puffins whirred between land and sea. Murres plied the shoreline; fulmars patrolled the skies. Everywhere sounded their vibrant chorus. These days, a few stubborn holdovers streak the sky and paddle the bay, but the legions are...
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