Studying puffin populations on three Norwegian islands, scientists have uncovered the first evidence to connect a large-scale hybridization to 20th-century warming trends. Yet a serious decline in the birds’ genetic diversity does not bode well for their future.
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The find discovered using seismic data and remote footage is expected to provide researchers with clues to the Earth s past and knowledge about the methane budget.