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Warming ocean temperatures change sea ice coverage, impacting zooplankton distribution and availability. Impacts to prey could affect the foraging behavior and success of North Pacific right whales leading to nutritional stress and diminished reproduction.
In addition, a more recent threat to these ocean giants is climate change. The melting of polar ice due to climate change has been recognized as an indirect threat to the Blue Whale.
The ocean has long taken the brunt of the impacts of human-made global warming, says UN Climate Change. As the planet’s greatest carbon sink, the ocean absorbs excess heat and energy...
8 Ιουν 2022 · After largely recovering from decades of overhunting, one of the most iconic whale species may be at risk from climate change, as warming waters could force it away from its traditional...
2 Φεβ 2022 · Although the findings reported here suggested that most baleen whale species may benefit from the global warming, the results also suggest that the effects of increasing temperatures on baleen whale abundance and migration are complex, with potential wide ranging and long-lasting impacts.
How whales help cool the Earth. 19 January 2021. Sophie Yeo. Features correspondent. Alamy. Whales help to send carbon to the depths of the sea throughout their lives, and also when they die...
1 Μαρ 2023 · Oceans are on the frontline of the climate crisis due to the central role they play in regulating the Earth’s climate by absorbing excess heat from emissions. These images from the climate-photography resource Climate Visuals explore how rising temperatures are harming marine life and coastal communities that rely on the oceans.
