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Global warming might wipe out whales off the face of the Earth
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The Hindustan Times
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June 19, 2008
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Canberra, June 19 -- A new research has determined that climate change due to global warming might wipe out the entire species of whales off the face of the Earth.
According to researchers from the Federal Environment Department, humpback, southern right and minke whale populations could be damaged by a lack of food caused by a change in sea temperatures.
Data from the department's Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) claimed that if the availability of krill - the main diet for "baleen" whales, which filter food from water, deteriorated due to climate change, other species could be wiped out.
Krill is a small ...