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Marine Heat Wave 2024
December 27 , 2024
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- Approximately 4 million common murres in Alaska of the USA were killed by an unprecedented marine heatwave, nicknamed 'The Blob'.
- 'The Blob' was an unusually warm patch of surface water in the northeast Pacific Ocean from late 2014 through 2016.
- It affected marine ecosystems from California to Alaska.
- Phytoplankton populations dwindled, which, in turn, triggered a collapse in fish stocks, the murres' primary food source.
- Common murres, known as guillemots in Europe, are seabirds that look a bit like flying penguins.
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