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Mercury pollution threat to ivory gull (1 Viewer)

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Biologists at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, have said that mercury pollution has risen nearly 50-fold in the feathers of the endangered ivory gull over the past 130 years which could have implications for the bird's ability to reproduce and raise chicks.

Rod Downie of WWF UK said, "This is further clear evidence of the global and circumpolar impacts of human activity on Arctic wildlife, which is already stressed by the most pronounced climate change on Earth.”


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