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The Canary in the Coal Mine: could seabirds be the warning signs for our oceans?

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Dr Annette Fayet tells us about the Manx Shearwater; a little seabird that makes a huge journey.
Every year they breed and raise their chicks in the UK before migrating to Argentina for winter, clocking up thousands of miles in their lifetimes. But what’s the price of parental devotion? Annette discusses how the harder parents have to works, the bigger the knock-on effects to their migration and breeding the following year are, and what this has to do with what’s going on in the oceans.

Podcast produced by Emliy Elias with music by John Lyons. Shearwater sounds provided by Magnus Robb, Killian Mull-arney & The Sound Approach.

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Annette Fayet
Keywords
seabirds
ornithology
birds
animals
zoology
oceans
climate change
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 28/09/2016
Duration: 00:11:22

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