Albatrosses and petrels are being forced to fly further to find food, a study claims.
Several seabird species are having to fly further to find food because of sea ice melting in Antarctica, a study has claimed.
They studied foraging data collected for seven species from 1992 to 2023, with their findings published in the Progress in Oceanography journal.Several species of albatross and petrel fly "huge distances" to parts of the Southern Ocean to feed in the "nutrient-enriched waters" left by melted ice or scavenge on seals on the ice itself, the Durham academics said.
The study looked at satellite data for seven species living on South Georgia, about 1,000 miles from Antarctica, analysing 2,497 trips made by 1,289 birds over a 31-year period.Birds such as the white-chinned petrel are thought to scavenge on seals in the sea ice
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