Scientists are seeking to better understand the direct links between warming ocean waters and marine life deaths
Growing numbers of whales, sea lions, and seals are being found stranded or dead, alarming oceanic expertsPEBBLE BEACH, Calif.—First, the Dungeness crabs were poisoned. Then gray whales started turning up dead. Most recently, record numbers of Guadalupe fur seals and California sea lions are washing up starving and sick.
The West Coast this year has seen an unusually high number of marine animal deaths, sending scientists scrambling to understand why. The leading theories all have one factor in common: warming waters caused by climate change.
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