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The Atlantic puffins, the colorful seabirds that nest on remote islands off the Maine coast, are showing signs of resilience in the face of climate change. After a dismal breeding season in 2021 due to a lack of fish, the puffins have rebounded in 2022 and 2023 thanks to the abundance of sand lance, another…
Tiny fish called sand lances are showing up in abundance in Menemsha and can be seen from the docks and the jetties. However the high prevalence of these fish isn’t limited to Chilmark, according to Michael Armstrong, assistant director of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. h “This year I’m hearing reports everywhere,” Armstrong said. […]
The study, which shows that the use of Cape Cod Bay by critically endangered North Atlantic right whales has shifted significantly over the last 20 years, illustrates the need for adjustments in protective measures for threatened and endangered whales.
Study illustrates need for adjustments in protective measures for threatened and endangered whales
A new study performed has discovered the fact that climate change is having an effect on how big whale species, such as the crucially threatened North Atlantic right whale, tend to utilize habitats in the warming Gulf of Maine.