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Coastal and ocean birds most at risk from global warming

Birds that rely on oceans and live on coastlines are more vulnerable to climate change than birds found in any other habitats in America, according to a new report released Thursday by federal biologists and other researchers.

Terns that live on California”s beaches — along with murres, auklets, puffins and other species found in offshore areas like the Farallon Islands off San Francisco — face loss of habitat from rising seas, disruption of ocean food supplies and other problems in the decades ahead as the planet continues to warm, the report found…

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