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Dolphins, Seals, and Whales Are Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change
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Dolphins, Seals, and Whales Are Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change

Seventy two percent of cetacean and pinniped stocks managed under US jurisdiction are highly or very highly vulnerable to climate change, according to a study published in PLOS ONE led by Matthew D. Lettrich at NOAA Fisheries, in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America. Climate change could affect the distribution, behavior, and movements of marine mammals via warming...