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<p>Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans’ top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales, researchers in ACS’ <em>Environmental Science & Technology</em> report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individuals’ blubber. The animals’ diet, rather than location, greatly impacted contaminant levels and potential health risks — information that’s helpful to conservation efforts.</p>
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Ringed seals under consideration for listing under Species at Risk Act This small seal needs sea ice to thrive, wrote the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, or COSEWIC, which declared ringed seals a species of special concern in November of 2019.
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Lew Philip and Joshua Kango walk by a ring seal they caught through the ice on Frobisher Bay near Iqaluit in 2003. The ringed seal has seemed to be doing well now and remains abundant in the Arctic, but in some local areas, Inuit have observed changes, says NTI vice-president James Eetoolook. (Canadian Press)