Mary Wilson
Well-known member
DECEMBER 16, 2024 5:00 AM
BY: YERETH ROSEN
The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, and seven or eight years later, the population has not recovered, biologists report.
The findings, in a newly published study led by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Heather Renner, show that the toll on common murres killed 4 million, about half the Alaska population.
It was not only the largest bird die-off in the modern era but also appears to be the largest wildlife die-off, said the study, which described the effect as “catastrophic” for the species.
Renner said the murre die-off indicates wider changes triggered by the extraordinarily intense heatwave. ...
https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/12/16...stimated,has not recovered, biologists report.
BY: YERETH ROSEN
The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, and seven or eight years later, the population has not recovered, biologists report.
The findings, in a newly published study led by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Heather Renner, show that the toll on common murres killed 4 million, about half the Alaska population.
It was not only the largest bird die-off in the modern era but also appears to be the largest wildlife die-off, said the study, which described the effect as “catastrophic” for the species.
Renner said the murre die-off indicates wider changes triggered by the extraordinarily intense heatwave. ...
https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/12/16...stimated,has not recovered, biologists report.