Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and 2022 finds that colony ...
A marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean killed some 4 million common murres in Alaska, researchers say — the largest die-off of any bird species ever recorded in the modern era.