Climate Change Puts Bird Migration on Ice

It seems every time we turn around, climate change is throwing away the rule book. This time, the problem is with a species of bird that is staying put in the winter months instead of migrating south.

A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey published in Arctic reveals the Pacific brant, a small sea goose, is now wintering in sub-Arctic areas.

In the past, 90 percent of the bird's population wintered in Mexico, with the rest scattered up the Pacific coast, but now nearly one-third spend winters in Alaska.

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