Thousands of Bering Sea birds are likely dead due to climate change

Puffins.
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If you didn't already have a reason to hate climate change, think of the puffins.

A recently-published report shows that thousands of puffins and other seabirds died in the Bering Sea during the winter of 2016 to 2017, and scientists say human-induced climate change is the likely culprit, reports Science News.

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