Why 10 billion snow crabs starved to death in the Bering Sea
phys.org
A team of marine biologists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fishery Science Center has solved the mystery of why approximately 10 billion snow crabs vanished from the Bering Sea back in 2018/2019—the water there was too warm for them.
  • Kalkaline
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    9 months ago

    Well that’s not great news if you like seafood. Seems like it will only get worse for a while.

    • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      …for a while? Oh honey, did you think was gonna get better at some point? It’s all downhill from here.

      • Kalkaline
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        9 months ago

        Maybe, but maybe the Earth and life on Earth survives the anthropolocene.

        • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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          9 months ago

          Oh, if by better you mean the extinction of humanity, then yes it will eventually get better.