Warmer Oceans Are Driving More Frequent Seabird Die-Offs, Preventing Populations From Recovering
A new study used long-term volunteer data to show that marine heatwaves are linked to mass avian mortality at sea.
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A new study used long-term volunteer data to show that marine heatwaves are linked to mass avian mortality at sea.
Marine heatwaves off the coast of North America cause huge seabird die-offs, according to a study. The research, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series, draws on data from four citizen science projects (COASST, BeachCOMBERS, Beach Watch and the British Columbia Beached Bird Survey) to examine coastal birds from central California to Alaska, between 1993 and 2021.
A mass of warm water twice the size of Alaska has quietly arrived on the Pacific Northwest’s coastal shores.
The University of Washington research found that five significant die-offs occurred between 2014 and 2019.
Marine heatwaves off the coast of North America cause huge seabird die-offs, according to a new study.