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Canary in the Arctic coal mine: warming harms migrating red knot

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2017-08-09

The Arctic is warming faster than any other part of the world, and its ecosystems are changing quickly, with shifts in the timing of insect hatches, plant growth and more. Those changes are impacting migratory species that move between the Arctic, the tropics and temperate zones. One such species is the red knot, a shorebird whose Arctic food supply and stored energy have been reduced due to climate change.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/canary-in-the-arctic-coal-mine-warming-harms-migrating-red-knot/