Huge ‘hot blob’ in Pacific Ocean killed nearly a million seabirds
by Kenya Evelyn in New York from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Y0QV)
- Thousands of bodies washed up on North America's Pacific coast
- Study finds common murres probably died of starvation
A million seabirds died in less than a year as a result of a giant "blob" of hot ocean, according to new research.
A study released by the University of Washington found the birds, called common murres, probably died of starvation between the summer of 2015 and the spring of 2016.
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