Scientists fear El Niño will supercharge California’s seabird crisis
- Within minutes of arriving on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell came across a grim sight: seabird carcasses scattered along the shoreline, some tangled in kelp, others wedged beneath rocks.
- It's a scene scientists and volunteers have been documenting with growing alarm during monthly surveys along California's coast, where a prolonged marine heat wave is taking a devastating toll on wildlife.
- The decades-old surveys provide baseline data that helps researchers spot changes in marine ecosystems.
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- Within minutes of arriving on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell came across a grim sight: seabird carcasses scattered along the shoreline, some tangled in kelp, others wedged beneath rocks.
- It's a scene scientists and volunteers have been documenting with growing alarm during monthly surveys along California's coast, where a prolonged marine heat wave is taking a devastating toll on wildlife.
- The decades-old surveys provide baseline data that helps researchers spot changes in marine ecosystems.
Sources: The Independent