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A map of sea temperatures during the “ocean heat wave” of 2012, when warm waters disrupted the food web and puffin chicks starved.

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puffin head-on

puffin side view

puffin on rock

researchers on rocks

puffins

man inspecting fish

A map of sea temperatures during the “ocean heat wave” of 2012, when warm waters disrupted the food web and puffin chicks starved.

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