You may have heard that walrus are leaving the ocean and hauling onto shore in unprecedented numbers in Alaska right now. Above, via Yale's e360 Digest, is video. It's alarming. I guess I'd find new digs too if my home literally melted.
You may have heard that walrus are leaving the ocean and hauling onto shore in unprecedented numbers in Alaska right now. Above, via Yale's e360 Digest, is video. It's alarming. I guess I'd find new digs too if my home literally melted.

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