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Third place
Rick Loomis The Los Angeles Times
"ALTERED OCEANS"
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A dead juvenile albatross rests in the
sands of Midway Atoll where each year as many as 200,000 chicks –
about 40% of the total on this island - die before they get a chance
to take flight. Chicks are often inadvertantly fed plasitic bits by
their parents which is likely to contribute to their deaths. More
than 2 million birds nest on Midway Atoll’s cluster of islands
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