Antarctic seal numbers rose and fell with climate over 50,000 years

By Joshua Rapp Learn

Mother and babe Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazelle) connected the formation astatine Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica

Peter Barritt / Alamy Stock Photo

The Antarctic fur seal colonisation has grown and shrunk implicit the past 50,000 years arsenic the clime has changed, a familial investigation suggests – and the uncovering could assistance america foretell wherever the marine predators volition take to unrecorded arsenic the clime continues to warm.

Today, Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) look loyal to the aforesaid islands, particularly those of South Georgia successful the southbound Atlantic Ocean. During the yearly breeding season, immoderate …

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