Coats Island /newsroom/taxonomy/term/16247/all en Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change /newsroom/channels/news/arctic-seabirds-are-less-heat-tolerant-more-vulnerable-climate-change-331800 <p>The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from ϲ University finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are especially vulnerable to heat stress caused by climate change.</p> <p>“We discovered that murres have the lowest cooling efficiency ever reported in birds, which means they have an extremely poor ability to dissipate or lose heat,” says lead author Emily Choy, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Natural Resource Sciences Department at ϲ University.</p> Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:42:55 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 269913 at /newsroom