Massive Pacific Coast die off of starfish continues, may be harbinger of climate change

SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Newsweek] By Megan Scudellari - October 2, 2014 -

A grisly horror show is playing out along the West Coast of North America. Remains of millions of dead and dying sea stars, commonly known as starfish, litter the shoreline from Vancouver to San Diego.

Those stars are the victims of a swift and brutal illness called "wasting syndrome."

No one yet knows the exact causes of the epidemic. Some evidence suggests the outbreak is linked to warming ocean temperatures or other changes in the ocean due to climate change.

Sea stars are, in a way, the canary in the coal mine of the ocean...

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