ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 8月30日 11時49分

Puffins are in trouble. The birds — colorful, clownish and adorable — are cherished by Icelanders. “The puffin is the most common bird in Iceland,” said Erpur Snaer Hansen, acting director of the South Iceland Nature Research Center. “It’s also the most hunted one.” Along with hunting, overfishing and pollution are putting pressure on the birds. But the puffins’ biggest challenge may prove to be #climatechange. They’ve suffered because of the decline of their favorite food, silvery sand eels. That collapse is tied to a rise in sea surface temperatures that Dr. Hansen has been monitoring. Without as many sand eels in the water, the birds have to fly farther to find food. “Flying, for puffins, is very demanding,” she said. “It is a big energy cost for them.” Of course, the picture is complicated. Natural cycles — periods of colder water alternating with warmer — make it tough to disentangle the influence of #climatechange. Annette Fayet, who’s working with Dr. Hansen, is trying to solve the mystery of the dwindling Atlantic #puffins. The project involves monitoring the activities of 4 #puffin colonies. That’s why she was reaching shoulder deep into a burrow last month when our reporter @jswatznytf visited her. Dr. Fayet called her quest “heartbreaking.” “You put your hand in the burrow and feel with your hand a little ball on the floor, but then you realize it’s cold, and not moving,” she said. Visit the link in our profile to see the full story, as well as more photos by @joshhaner.

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