The unexpected link between imperiled whales and Greenland's melting ice

NPR | By Ryan Kellman,

Lauren Sommer, Alyson Hurt, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Daniel Wood, Jacob Fenton, Meredith Rizzo

Published April 19, 2023 at 5:00 AM EDT

Climate change is causing ice in Greenland to melt rapidly, which is unexpectedly pushing already imperiled whales to the brink. It's a sign of deeper shifts in the oceans as the world's ice melts.

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Ryan Kellman

Ryan Kellman is an editor and visual reporter for NPR's climate desk, where he reports on wide range of topics from ice melt to adaptation.

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Lauren Sommer covers climate change for NPR's Climate Desk.

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Daniel Wood is a visual journalist at NPR, where he brings data and analyses into complex topics by paired reporting with custom charts, maps and explainers. He focuses on data-rich topics like COVID-19 outcomes, climate change and politics. His interest in tracking a small outbreak of a novel coronavirus in January 2020 helped position NPR to be among the leading news organizations to provide daily updates on the growth and impact of COVID-19 around the country and globe.

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