Seabird response to abrupt climate change 5,000 years ago transformed Falklands ecosystems

Terra Daily

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Orono ME (SPX) Oct 27, 2020

The Falkland Islands are a South Atlantic refuge for some of the world's most important seabird species, including five species of penguins, Great Shearwaters, and White-chinned Petrels. In recent years, their breeding grounds in the coastal tussac (Poa flabellata) grasslands have come under increasing pressure from sheep grazing and erosion. And unlike other regions of the globe, there has been

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