The warmer water flowed below the ice, allowing seal populations to catch food efficiently. “Antarctic krill and other creatures that serve as food (for seals) can be found in vast numbers in ...
Weddell seals are the most southerly breeding ... and diving commenced from a predrilled hole in the ice a short walk away. Once in the water, the divers had to be very careful to avoid getting ...
The seal had found refuge on a platform made of ice floating on water. The killer whales started by swimming side by side, which created a wave that cracked the seal's large ice platform into a ...
The water was going to be colder than 29 degrees ... we dig our own with an ice-drilling machine. Seals, when they need air, somehow find their way back to their hole; our greatest dread is ...
Climate change is already affecting Iliamna Lake seals and their freshwater and anadromous prey through warmer temperatures, greater water flows, and increased siltation in streams and rivers. Warmer ...