It is not known for certain why the albatrosses became extinct in the North Atlantic, although rising sea levels due to an interglacial warming period are thought to have submerged the site of a short-tailed albatross colony that has been excavated in Bermuda.
Tidak diketahui secara pasti mengapa albatros bisa punah di Atlantik Utara, meskipun naiknya permukaan air laut yang disebapkan pemanasan interglasial diperkirakan telah merendam tempat koloni albatros ekor-pendek yang telah digali di Bermuda.