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Climate change is making monogamous albatrosses divorce – new research

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par Natasha Gillies, Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology, University of Liverpool

Not all relationships end in “happily ever after”, and birds are no exception. While more than 90% of bird species form monogamous couples, many of these will end in divorce.

The reasons for splitting up are as varied in birds as they are in humans, and often revolve around things like poor compatibility or slacking off by one partner. However, new research has found a surprising cause of divorce: climate…

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