[Ost-news] Walruses Die; Global Warming Blamed

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Walruses Die; Global Warming Blamed

By DAN JOLING Associated Press Writer

Dec 14th, 2007 | ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In what some scientists see as another  
alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above  
the Arctic Circle were killed in stampedes earlier this year after the  
disappearance of sea ice caused them to crowd onto the shoreline in  
extraordinary numbers.

The deaths took place during the late summer and fall on the Russian side of  
the Bering Strait, which separates Alaska from Russia. "It was a pretty

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