Animal Die-off — Worldwide/Unknown
The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs that the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world. In the Gulf of Maine, the comical-looking seabirds have been dying of starvation and losing body weight, possibly because of shifting fish populations as ocean temperatures rise, according to scientists.
The survival rates of fledglings on Maine’s 2 largest puffin colonies plunged last summer [2012], and puffins are in declining health at the
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