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Researchers Are Blaming The Long-Lasting Marine Heat Wave, Called “The Blob,” For The Largest Mass Die-Offs Of Seabirds, Known As Murres, In The Pacific Northwest. About 1 Million Birds Have Been Said To Have Washed Ashore From California to Alaska In 2015 And 2016 Due To The Heat Wave Effect On The Marine Ecosystem Food Supply. Hmm!

‘The blob,’ food supply squeeze to blame for largest seabird die-off | UW News

https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/01/15/the-blob-food-supply-squeeze-to-blame-for-largest-seabird-die-off/

When nearly one million common murres died at sea and washed ashore from California to Alaska in 2015 and 2016, it was unprecedented. Scientists from the University of Washington, the U.S. Geological…