Warming waters draw summer 'feeding frenzies' by whales off Greenland
The effects of global warming depend on species: The losers are legion, but a lucky few are winners. Now, researchers have shown that baleen whales are taking advantage of a newly opened-up fish bonanza in the Greenland Sea, east of Greenland and reaching to the Arctic Circle and beyond.
Global warming is causing dramatic changes in the natural world, and a new study reveals how warming waters off East Greenland are attracting massive feeding frenzies of baleen whales. Researchers have found that rising ocean temperatures and declining sea ice have created a fish bonanza that has drawn fin whales, humpback whales and common minke whales together in unusual numbers, far north of their traditional feeding grounds. This shift in whale populations could have major consequences for the local ecosystem.
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