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Ocean heat wave known as 'The Blob' blamed for killing half the population of bird species
A new study has revealed that a marine heat wave caused a massive die-off of common murres around Alaska between 2014-2016.
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Millions of Alaska's seabirds starved to death after intense heat wave
Marine heat waves have halved Alaska’s common murre population. A study links these declines to food shortages.
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Surveys show full scale of massive die-off of common murres following the 'warm blob' in the Pacific Ocean
Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and 2022 finds that colony ...
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Single heat wave wiped out millions of Alaska's dominant seabird
The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the ...