Researchers say a warmer ocean — especially during an El Niño or a marine heat wave — will likely result in the death of hundreds of thousands to millions of marine birds.
“This is unprecedented. This type of massive die-off can be compared to a catastrophic storm that we would usually expect once per decade.
Remi Torrenta, the B.C. project coordinator for Birds Canada, said when they find a dead bird that is not too decomposed they send it for a necropsy, and this is how they know how the bird died. Torrenta said the marine heat waves can created harmful algae blooms, which can lead to more disease outbreaks. Many birds can starve because food sources such as fish and plankton become scarce.
Tubenoses, which are related to albatrosses, petrels, and auklets, are some of the species most affected by marine heat waves in B.C., said Torrenta.Article content
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