Climate Change Affects Albatross Mating, Leading To Divorce

New Delhi: We know that global warming and climate crisis can cause ice to melt and sea levels to rise. But a new study has found that this change can cause splits between black-browed albatrosses in the South Atlantic, which otherwise have long-term monogamous relationships.

A study published in the Royal Society journal on November 24 found that rising sea levels were a major cause of fish extinction and albatross species separation. Reportedly, researchers have suggested that such separations may be used to avoid promoting substandard participation in monogamous species.

It is also based on the breeding season. Climate change, which affects the productivity and survival of organisms, also indirectly affects the separation of species. For the study, researchers used information about a long-lived black-browed albatross (scientifically known as Thalassarche melanophris) that has long existed in the land. Researchers have found that climate change directly affects divorce rates, with divorce rates rising from one percent to eight percent per year.

The study notes that albatross couples are more likely to separate due to mating failures. It has been found that sea surface temperature fluctuations are increasing, forcing females to separate partners even from successful mating relationships.

This is the first study to examine how reproductive problems and physical stress caused by challenging environmental changes adversely affect reproductive processes in single-species species.

According to Francesco Ventura, lead researcher at the University of Lisbon and co-author of the study, if the albatrosses fail to return to a breeding season, their partners may choose someone else. According to him, bad weather and warmer waters are another reason why albatross' stress hormone levels are rising.

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