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Climate crisis: Warming oceans linked to mass starfish die-offs around the world – The Independent
Wasting disease leaves creatures ‘drowning’ in their own environments, scientists say
A massive die-off of starfish across the world, leading some species to the brink of extinction, has been linked to warming ocean temperatures caused by the climate crisis, scientists have said.
For more than seven years, a mysterious wasting disease, which turns starfish (also known as sea stars) into piles of goo, has caused mass mortality events capable of upending food chains in affected areas, which have been recorded from Alaska down to the gulf of Mexico.
Researchers have previously described…
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