Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears
Now, as climate change warms the sea and melts that ice, they have adapted. In 2007, seven humpbacks were seen, and by 2024, there were 150 ship-based sightings of these giant whales.The first systematic aerial surveys of baleen whales - a group that includes fin, minke and humpbacks - off the East Greenland coast were carried out by the researchers during the summers of 2015 and 2024. That shift is driven by rising sea temperatures and food availability.
- ▪Now, as climate change warms the sea and melts that ice, they have adapted.
- ▪In 2007, seven humpbacks were seen, and by 2024, there were 150 ship-based sightings of these giant whales.The first systematic aerial surveys of baleen whales - a group that includes fin, minke and humpbacks - off the East Greenland coast
- ▪That shift is driven by rising sea temperatures and food availability.
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Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappearsImage source, Fernando UgarteImage caption, Fin whales feed in ice-free East Greenland waters, as scientists observe from their boatsByVictoria GillScience correspondent Published52 minutes agoSea ice has been disappearing from East Greenland, allowing giant whales to take advantage and move in to previously inaccessible areas.That is the conclusion of a decades-long study that has recorded - and filmed - hundreds of the world's biggest whales including humpbacks, minke and fin whales, feeding in ice-free seas along the coast in summer.None of these marine mammals were historically found here as they have been locked out of the coastal waters by ice. Now, as climate change warms the sea and melts that ice, they have adapted.
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