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Warm ocean water triggered vast seabird die-off, experts say

AP Science News - Fetched: February 10th, 2017, 1:00pm UTC

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from California to Alaska, researchers have pinned the cause to unusually warm ocean temperatures that affected the tiny fish they eat....

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