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“The Blob” Marine Heat Wave has Eradicated almost Half of Alaska’s penguin-like Common Murre population – Here’s What that Means

Scientific research has found that a marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history. As CNN Weather reports, the catastrophic loss points to broader changes in marine environments driven by warming ocean temperatures, which are rapidly and severely restructuring ecosystems […]