Albatrosses are threatened with extinction – and climate change could put their nesting sites at risk

The wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) is the world’s largest flying bird, with a wingspan reaching an incredible 3.5 metres. These birds are oceanic nomads: they spend most of their 60 years of life at sea and only come to land to breed approximately every two years once they have reached sexual maturity. Their playground is the vast Southern Ocean – the region between the latitude of 60 degrees south and the continent of Antarctica – and the scattered islands within this ocean where they make their nests. Marion Island and Prince Edward Island, about 2,300km south of South Africa, are some of the only land masses for thousands ......

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