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Changing ocean conditions led to decline in Alaska's sea lion population

Studies by a team of scientists at the North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium revealed that a sudden ocean climate change 30 years ago may be a leading factor in the decline of Alaska’s endangered western stock of Steller sea lions.

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