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Warm ocean 'blob' kills millions of penguin-like birds
The blob' is a large mass of unusually warm water off the coast of North America in the Pacific Ocean — and scientists have blamed it for killing half of Alaska's population of the common murre ...
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The bird at the center of the worst single-species mortality event in modern history isn’t recovering, scientists say
A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population ... resembling the tuxedoed look of penguins. These predators play a critical role in regulating energy ...