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The link between 35,000 walruses, climate change and airplanes

The Guardian, 07 Oct 2014.

An estimated 35,000 walruses gathered on a beach in Alaska as summer sea ice fell to its sixth lowest in the satellite record; and caused flights to be rerouted to reduce the risk of planes causing a “catastrophic stampede”, writes the UK's The Guardian newspaper. Read the full article here.

Photo credit: Walrus' on ice floe taken by Polar Cruises 2008. See the photo on Flickr here  (Creative commons 2.0)

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