Title: Muttonbird numbers lower
Source: Radio New Zealand
Date: Apr. 30, 2012
The Japanese nuclear meltdown may have reduced New Zealand’s muttonbird population.
A study near Auckland has found a third [...] failed to return this summer after spending the southern winter in their northern hemisphere base near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Department of Conservation researcher Graeme Taylor says the birds that did return were in a poor condition. [...]
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Written by Florin Radu on April 30, 2012
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