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Study finds marine mammal viruses are traveling between oceans as sea ice recedes

13 Nov 2019
As sea ice in the Arctic decreases due to climate change, it’s opening the way for more than cruise ship travel. Scientists have found evidence that links the decline of sea ice to the emergence of a virus in Arctic marine mammals that has killed thousands of seals in European waters.
KOTZ Radio 720 AM / Moses Tcheripanoff
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