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Some Alaska seals are getting skinnier — probably because of retreating sea ice

NOAA scientists documented the declines between 2007 and 2018.

By Yereth Rosen March 19, 2021
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As sea ice off Alaska continues its long-term vanishing trend, two seal species that depend on ice may be showing the effects in their bodies.

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