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Alaskan murre die-off signals rising ecosystem stress
Seabird biologist David Irons spotted waste-white patches along Whittier beaches and confirmed starving common murres. About 8,000 dead were found, a figure described as unprecedented, amid warming ocean temperatures potentially reducing forage fish like capelin. Researchers warn the scope may reflect widespread population impacts, with prior die-offs in 1989 and 1993.
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Anchorage
Alaska
David Irons
Prince William Sound
Whittier
North America
Irons
John Pratt
U.S. Geological Survey
Alaska Science Center
Murres
Kathy Kuletz
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Murre
Fish and Wildlife Service
California