Holberton interview noted in Huffington Post story on puffin die-off in Alaska
The Huffington Post quoted an Associated Press interview with Rebecca Holberton, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maine, in a recent story on what may be causing puffins to wash ashore dead in Alaska. Researchers say climate change may be behind the recent die-offs. The article goes on to note that other seabirds could also be vulnerable to changes in climate, citing Holberton’s interview with the AP. “It’s our marine canary in a coal mine, if you will,” Holberton told the wire service in 2013.