24 Nov 2021

Climate change causing albatross couples to break up

From Morning Report, 6:18 am on 24 November 2021

There are many reasons why relationships fall apart. In the case of black-browed albatross, the effects of climate change could be the breaking point.

Researchers in Portugal found warmer sea temperatures is causing breeding failures among some pairs, leading them to go their separate ways.

University of Lisbon researcher Dr Franceso Ventura spoke to Corin Dann.