Climate changes affecting breeding elephant seals more ice means little animal skin elephant seal according to Australian scientists studying colonies breed on Macquarie Island near Antarctica and climate changes in the region which have affected the environment. According to Reuters news agency.
John van den Hove marine biologist with the Australian Antarctic Division Reuters "when there is more ice decline likely prepare the elephant seal and years where sea ice number." when there's more ice into the sea elephant seal cannot enter the continental shelf easily as is the case when the amount of ice in the medium or low, "said van den Hove senior researchers in the study published in the journal (Royal Society) Royal Society B that causes due to climate variability associated with the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica, not climate change.
Scientists said they found that the number of female elephant seals that breed on Macquarie Island declined by 25 percent in 1988 to 22640 17228 in 2009.
Scientists team discussed the correlation between the decline in elephant seal numbers and the indicator of climate change in the Southern Ocean.
Said van den Hoff, "the key is that in some years the wind is colder and therefore although the ocean might be a little warmer, the wind coming from the continent may be cool
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