Climate change endangering blue whales - WWF

The main food source for Antarctic blue whales is under threat from the melting polar ice cap caused by climate change, wildlife campaigners have warned today.

The main food source for Antarctic blue whales is under threat from the melting polar ice cap caused by climate change, wildlife campaigners have warned today.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said if the decline of krill continued, it would seriously affect the entire ecosystem of the Southern Ocean and could lead to the extinction of the species.

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