Photo via lalouque Many researchers feel that sea birds could be the perfect species to study in order to see how climate change is affecting marine life on a large scale. In the film Arctic Cliffhangers, biologist and filmmaker Steve Smith travels along the eastern Canadian Arctic to talk with specialists who are tracking information about several cliff-dwelling species. Because their nesting

is coordinated with arctic ice break-ups, and their feeding takes them as far as 500 kilometers out to sea, they have the ability to show us what is happening both on land and far ou… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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