Rapid Arctic warming drives shifts in marine mammals
Science Daily, 06 Jan 2016.
Recent extremes in sea ice loss has opened new waters to humpback and fin whales that once ranged through the far north only in summer. And as climate change drives the ice into further retreat, such 'summer' species may begin competing with bowhead whales that once had the habitat to themselves. Read about this new research in Science Daily.
Not quite the Arctic, but this humpback whale was spotted in QLD by Redmap member Kevin Long.