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Canada: Climate Change May Have Confused, Trapped Killer Whales
2013-01-11 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A pod of killer whales trapped in the ice of Canada's Hudson Bay successfully has left the small opening where they were gasping for breath, but marine specialists say global warming could cause more incidents like this. Lyne Morissette, a marine researcher with the St. Lawrence Global Observatory in Quebec, said the 12 orcas may simply have gotten lost while hunting for seals and other food, but it's more likely they got stuck in the ice because of climate change. "They tend to base their...
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Were killer whales trapped by climate change?
2013-01-10 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Whale lovers around the world held their breath as a family of orcas, trapped in the ice of Canada's frozen Hudson Bay, were left with an ever-shrinking opening in the icy surface as their only breathing hole. The two adult killer whales and nine younger orcas have now been freed by an apparent shift in the sea ice that trapped them, according to NBC News. It's believed that a change in the current within the bay broke open a path to the sea. "When there is a new moon, the water current is activated....
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