January 2020 PMID 31141532

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea.

Timothy Jones, Lauren M Divine, Heather Renner, Susan Knowles, Kathi A Lefebvre, Hillary K Burgess, Charlie Wright, Julia K Parrish

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What people are saying

Several discussions highlight the serious consequences of climate change on Tufted puffins, such as comments like, 'Climate change is driving mass die-off events among TUFTED PUFFINS,' and assertions regarding the estimated loss of 3,150 to 8,500 birds due to starvation. The tone of urgency and concern in these posts reflects the serious nature of the findings, with phrases such as 'unusual mortality' and 'mass die-off' emphasizing the critical need for awareness and action.

AgreementStrong agreement

The majority of discussions express strong agreement with the concerns raised in the publication regarding puffin mortality linked to environmental issues.

InterestHigh interest

Participants demonstrate high interest in the topic, evident from their active discussions surrounding the publication and its implications.

EngagementModerate engagement

While many comments are supportive, only a few delve deeply into scientific methods or broader ecological contexts, indicating moderate engagement.

ImpactHigh impact

There is a pronounced sentiment that the findings from the study have substantial implications for both wildlife and environmental policy.

Abstract in brief

  • A mass mortality event in St. Paul Island, Alaska, from October 2016 to January 2017 resulted in the recovery of over 350 Tufted puffin carcasses, significantly higher than typical rates, indicating a concerning pattern linked to climate change.
  • The majority of carcasses were unscavenged, suggesting ongoing high mortality, with an estimated 3,150 to 8,800 birds affected, primarily adult Tufted puffins and Crested auklets, which are usually rare in such findings.
  • The emaciated state of the birds implies starvation as the main cause of death, potentially due to shifts in zooplankton and forage fish availability connected to rising sea temperatures, exacerbated by the stress of molting.

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Ruedi Nager
@RuediNager · X

Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recent mass mortality of non-breeding Tufted Puffins https://t.co/swo1zgLDY5 #ornithology #climatechange https://t.co/fcG6Od7kkx

May 30, 2019 · 21 likes · 15 shares · 2,087 followers View post →
NHM Oology
@NHM_Oology · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea @UW_SAFS @PLOSONE https://t.co/T6vSBfWbRS https://t.co/N29JGtKiIN

May 29, 2019 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 3,884 followers View post →
Lovetogive2
@lovetogive2 · X

“Parrish & group of colleagues used weather data to estimate between 3,150 & 8,500 birds probably died—most likely from starvation. In paper published Weds. in PLOS One

May 30, 2019 · 8 likes · 8 shares · 9,255 followers View post →
RANGER
@narcissina · X

ベーリング海での飢餓症状によるエトピリカの大量死論文がしばらく前に出ていたことを思い出しました。 世界の個体数はまだ大きい数ですが、様々な影響で減っているのでしょう。 https://t.co/UP1xXgJwHA

Oct 26, 2020 · 8 likes · 3 shares · 4,094 followers View post →
PLOS
@PLOS · X

Have some downtime at #ESA2019? Catch up on the latest #ecology research from @PLOSONE: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins: https://t.co/gbZDeGb9ni Australian shellfish ecosystems: https://t.co/nCY1YBVQIa Increased cold-stunning events for sea turtles: https://t.co/7MCNFt5Xp0

Aug 15, 2019 · 3 likes · 147,703 followers View post →
John Ward
@sunkislandbirds · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea - https://t.co/ZV2S4xJUb1 Open Access Plos One #ornithology #seabirds

Jun 5, 2019 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 3,711 followers View post →

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Tomáš Novák · Dec 26, 2020 123 views
おーはし。@ミアレシティ
@toco_1011 · X

RT @narcissina: ベーリング海での飢餓症状によるエトピリカの大量死論文がしばらく前に出ていたことを思い出しました。 世界の個体数はまだ大きい数ですが、様々な影響で減っているのでしょう。 https://t.co/UP1xXgJwHA

Oct 26, 2020 · 3 shares · 840 followers View post →
久保 雄広
@takakubo_jp · X

RT @narcissina: ベーリング海での飢餓症状によるエトピリカの大量死論文がしばらく前に出ていたことを思い出しました。 世界の個体数はまだ大きい数ですが、様々な影響で減っているのでしょう。 https://t.co/UP1xXgJwHA

Oct 26, 2020 · 3 shares · 1,317 followers View post →
RANGER
@narcissina · X

ベーリング海での飢餓症状によるエトピリカの大量死論文がしばらく前に出ていたことを思い出しました。 世界の個体数はまだ大きい数ですが、様々な影響で減っているのでしょう。 https://t.co/UP1xXgJwHA

Oct 26, 2020 · 8 likes · 3 shares · 4,094 followers View post →
Grey (puffinesque, hungering for crustaceans)
@DarlesCharwin_ · X

@OxyEvo Following up on my article about puffins needing to evolve in response to climate change, turns out there's mass puffin deaths related to climate change happening right now. https://t.co/3oyDNEkQ9r

Oct 25, 2020 · 1 like · 2 followers View post →
Mark Lubell
@EnvPolicyCenter · X

RT @JohnFBruno: @ClimateComms @Revkin @kate_sheppard @drvox @yayitsrob @KHayhoe @Tessa_M_Hill @unccollege @ClimateCentral @UNC @IPCC_CH @AO…

Sep 25, 2019 · 1 share · 5,878 followers View post →
John Bruno
@JohnFBruno · X

@ClimateComms @Revkin @kate_sheppard @drvox @yayitsrob @KHayhoe @Tessa_M_Hill @unccollege @ClimateCentral @UNC @IPCC_CH @AOC @JayInslee @dwallacewells @tbartelme And its not just people that will suffer: reductions in prey fishes are impacting marine mammals and sea birds (as they starve to death and/or reduce reproductive output), eg https://t.co/x3j489MTcw

Sep 25, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 5,284 followers View post →
PLOS
@PLOS · X

Have some downtime at #ESA2019? Catch up on the latest #ecology research from @PLOSONE: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins: https://t.co/gbZDeGb9ni Australian shellfish ecosystems: https://t.co/nCY1YBVQIa Increased cold-stunning events for sea turtles: https://t.co/7MCNFt5Xp0

Aug 15, 2019 · 3 likes · 147,703 followers View post →
BOU
@IBIS_journal · X

RT @sunkislandbirds: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea - https://t.co/ZV2S4xJUb1 Open Acc…

Jun 12, 2019 · 3 shares · 21,480 followers View post →
Jeremy Carroll
@jwacarrollNZ · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

Jun 6, 2019 · 15 shares · 1,993 followers View post →
BOU
@IBIS_journal · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

Jun 6, 2019 · 15 shares · 21,480 followers View post →
USGS Coastal Change
@USGSCoastChange · X

RT @USGSWILDLIFE: Researchers, with the help of citizen scientists, investigated an unusual mass die-off of Tufted puffins in the eastern B…

Jun 5, 2019 · 1 share · 3,311 followers View post →
USGS Wildlife Health
@USGSWILDLIFE · X

Researchers, with the help of citizen scientists, investigated an unusual mass die-off of Tufted puffins in the eastern Bering Sea: https://t.co/zbFeBH7NcO https://t.co/q0GTHI3gRD

Jun 5, 2019 · 1 share · 3,251 followers View post →
Climate Action Countdown
@ActionCountdown · X

Why do puffins die massively? Most likely because they are starving, and this is caused by changes in zooplankton and fish populations due to #climatebreakdown. More in the paper by Jones et al. in @PLOSONE https://t.co/cEblXvXoth

Jun 5, 2019 · 1 share · 267 followers View post →
Hedwig Janés
@HedwigJanes · X

RT @isafakir: "At the lower end, a little over 3,000 birds might have perished that season due to a food shortage. At the upper boundary, w…

Jun 5, 2019 · 1 share · 1,707 followers View post →
Otto Overdijk
@Schiermonnik00g · X

RT @sunkislandbirds: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea - https://t.co/ZV2S4xJUb1 Open Acc…

Jun 5, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,921 followers View post →
John Ward
@sunkislandbirds · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea - https://t.co/ZV2S4xJUb1 Open Access Plos One #ornithology #seabirds

Jun 5, 2019 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 3,711 followers View post →
Karen Bourgeois
@Karen_Seabirds · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

Jun 4, 2019 · 15 shares · 665 followers View post →
Conxa
@Siurellvermell · X

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Jun 4, 2019 · 399 followers View post →
anselmoS @anselmon.bsky.social@Anselmonadir@mas.to
@anselmonadir · X

RT @IBIS_journal: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/OkGM6HvfCL | @PLOSONE |…

Jun 3, 2019 · 2 shares · 2,937 followers View post →
Risto Nevanlinna
@RistoNevanlinna · X

RT @IBIS_journal: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/OkGM6HvfCL | @PLOSONE |…

Jun 3, 2019 · 2 shares · 2,563 followers View post →
Manly Blog
@MnlyBeach · X

"Mass mortality events are increasing in frequency and magnitude, potentially linked with ongoing climate change." https://t.co/ocQKC8vcG0 #birds marine ecosystem #CO2

Jun 3, 2019 · 663 followers View post →
Charlie Richmond
@charlierichmond · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/otSUltqd1E

Jun 2, 2019 · 4,214 followers View post →
Mike
@michaelscally · X

#PLOSONE: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/klcXlZ59W4

Jun 1, 2019 · 894 followers View post →
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@DanEwald · X

#Climatechange is threatening puffins chill life by the seashore https://t.co/EzhG0yhGqR

Jun 1, 2019 · 335 followers View post →
PLOS One
@PLOSONE · X

Climate change could be the culprit behind thousands of Tufted puffin deaths in the Bering Sea, a new study reports: https://t.co/lkZeY1jHUU

May 31, 2019 · 2 likes · 3 shares · 126,496 followers View post →
rickh3255
@rickh3255 · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea - PLOS ONE https://t.co/26dWubg2tu

May 31, 2019 · 1 like · 75 followers View post →
Alex Nicol-Harper
@alexnicolharper · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

May 31, 2019 · 15 shares · 1,528 followers View post →
1 Martian
@1_Martian_ · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/p5PnsmKCU3

May 31, 2019 · 804 followers View post →
Pooja
@pm_girl · X

#Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/KPeiyu0QAr #science

May 31, 2019 · 1,992 followers View post →
Will Wompoto
@WompotoWill · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/25HSB9GgBv

May 30, 2019 · 42 followers View post →
Katsumi Ushiyama
@daddygoose · X

エトピリカの大量死と気候変動.→Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/KrDgxy8XHm

May 30, 2019 · 1,908 followers View post →
Island Press
@IslandPress · X

RT @drvox: Climate change is driving mass die-off events among TUFTED PUFFINS, you monsters. https://t.co/npk0hIxatO https://t.co/gZrryJERjo

May 30, 2019 · 7,524 followers View post →
Sarah Courchesne
@SarahCourchesne · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

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原 拓史
@haltaq · X

RT @NHM_Oology: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea @UW_SAFS @PLOSONE https://t.co/T6vSBfWb…

May 30, 2019 · 4 shares · 3,554 followers View post →
Laurent Prétôt
@LaurentPretot · X

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RoseateTernLIFE
@RoseateTernLIFE · X

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Track Seabirds
@trackseabirds · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

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Joy O'Dwyer
@09Athena · X

RT @lovetogive2: “Parrish & group of colleagues used weather data to estimate between 3,150 & 8,500 birds probably died—most likely from st…

May 30, 2019 · 8 shares · 589 followers View post →
Betty Jo Workman
@bettyjo62 · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

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MoltPapers
@MoltPapers · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea. https://t.co/AdfVgM3ro5

May 30, 2019 · 81 followers View post →
No Such Thing as a Seagull
@nosuchseagull · X

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The Seabird Group
@TheSeabirdGroup · X

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Marco Ven
@MarcoinZeeland · X

@Reezyard En er gaan steeds meer dieren dood door kimaatverandering https://t.co/FfSWQidOqq Artikel komt voort uit deze studie https://t.co/5rr0lgr2Mf

May 30, 2019 · 568 followers View post →
Rob Thomas
@RobThomas14 · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

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H Stiles
@HStiles1 · X

#PLOSONE: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/71aELDEhpB

May 30, 2019 · 351 followers View post →
POPapers
@geomatlab · X

PLoSONE: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea https://t.co/7uDneZZ5H0 #Oceanography

May 30, 2019 · 1,167 followers View post →
Vitor Paiva
@vitorhpaiva · X

RT @RuediNager: Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recen…

May 30, 2019 · 15 shares · 1,228 followers View post →
Peter J Morgan
@PBOprof · X

RT @NHM_Oology: Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea @UW_SAFS @PLOSONE https://t.co/T6vSBfWb…

May 30, 2019 · 4 shares · 2,413 followers View post →
JC Resistance 2015
@deweyjaci76 · X

RT @lovetogive2: “Parrish & group of colleagues used weather data to estimate between 3,150 & 8,500 birds probably died—most likely from st…

May 30, 2019 · 8 shares · 1,827 followers View post →
Ruedi Nager
@RuediNager · X

Bottom-up shift in #seabirds prey availability due to elevated sea surface temperature & moult stress may have caused recent mass mortality of non-breeding Tufted Puffins https://t.co/swo1zgLDY5 #ornithology #climatechange https://t.co/fcG6Od7kkx

May 30, 2019 · 21 likes · 15 shares · 2,087 followers View post →
Terrell Williams
@Fiddler4you · X

RT @lovetogive2: “Parrish & group of colleagues used weather data to estimate between 3,150 & 8,500 birds probably died—most likely from st…

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Woman Voter
@WomanVote · X

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B.L. McMillan
@PoliticalBee · X

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@trishmc1958 · X

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LMcE
@lmcell2 · X

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Lovetogive2
@lovetogive2 · X

RT @lovetogive2: “Parrish & group of colleagues used weather data to estimate between 3,150 & 8,500 birds probably died—most likely from st…

May 30, 2019 · 8 shares · 9,255 followers View post →
Lovetogive2
@lovetogive2 · X

“Parrish & group of colleagues used weather data to estimate between 3,150 & 8,500 birds probably died—most likely from starvation. In paper published Weds. in PLOS One

May 30, 2019 · 8 likes · 8 shares · 9,255 followers View post →
Chris Hendel
@chrishendel · X

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Steve Dyke
@hewasahero · X

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British Ornithologists’ Club
@online_BOC · X

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NHM Oology
@NHM_Oology · X

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern Bering Sea @UW_SAFS @PLOSONE https://t.co/T6vSBfWbRS https://t.co/N29JGtKiIN

May 29, 2019 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 3,884 followers View post →
Jérôme OLLIER
@jeromeollier.bsky.social · Bluesky

Unusual mortality of Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) in the eastern BERING Sea - PLOSONE http://bit.ly/2I5ZhJS

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Jerome OLLIER https://jeromeollier.bsky.social/
@JeromeOLLIER · X

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