Global Warming Threatens Maine Puffin Colony

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By Yale Climate ConnectionsAug 11, 2020, 11:52 am128 pts
When Europeans first arrived in North America, Atlantic puffins were common on islands in the Gulf of Maine. But hunters killed many of the birds for food or for feathers to adorn ladies' hats. By the 1800s, the population in Maine had plummeted. "Puffins were almost completely lost," says Don Lyons of the…

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