Changes to Antarctic ice suffocating seals


	Changes to Antarctic ice suffocating seals

pokkets

5-28-2008 11:38 AM

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5-28-2008 1:13 PM

meancookie89

We're evil!

5-28-2008 4:50 PM

papananook

And ignorant, in denial and what else...?

5-28-2008 6:29 PM

kkcapricorn

I cry for the guiltless creatures sufferings,

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<P class="byline"><SPAN class="date">Wednesday, 28 May 2008</SPAN> Jennifer Viegas</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/28/2258408.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first"><SPAN class="slug">News analysis</SPAN> Changes to the Antarctic ice shelf are causing seals to fight for air and penguins to give up on their young.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/28/2258408.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/8FA70342-D02B-4E0F-9A53-EA3A06CD652E" alt="weddell seal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/28/2258408.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>These are the findings of a new study, which illustrates the direct impact climate change is having on the physiology, behaviour and survival of Antarctic species. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/28/2258408.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>In 1998, ecologist and evolutionary biologist Associate Professor Terrie Williams of the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.ucsc.edu">University of California at Santa Cruz</A> and her team began a study on Weddell seals in Antarctica. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/28/2258408.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>"Our first clue that there was a problem was that the seals were not returning to their usual pupping areas, and that there were fewer seals even later in the season," says Williams. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/28/2258408.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Williams says that after B-15 dislodged, there were 130 kilometres of ice between McMurdo and the open ocean. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/28/2258408.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>"Weddell seals can only swim 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) under ice before they have to come up to breathe, so you can see the problem," she says. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EDE228EA-7DCA-4C81-AE82-C4A1E098630F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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