Antarctic birds 'breeding later' (BBC) {global warming}

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By Paul Rincon
BBC News science reporter

Antarctic seabirds may be breeding later in response to climate change, according to a scientific study.

French researchers analysed records stretching back to the 1950s and think the breeding delays are linked to changes in East Antarctic sea ice.
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Christophe Barbraud and Henri Weimerskirch from the Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize in Villiers en Bois, France, have now analysed the only long term record of arrival and egg-laying for all species of seabird that come to breed in continental Antarctica.
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Over this period, four species showed a clear trend towards arriving later in Antarctica and two showed a clear trend toward later breeding.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4874026.stm