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24 August 2017 / CBC News / Matt Humphrey
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B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot water

British Columbia, Canada

Biologist Jackie Hilderling says four years of decline in B.C.'s sea star population is due to climate change warming local waters and making the animals susceptible to sea star-associated densovirus.


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Biologist Jackie Hilderling says sun flower sea stars are the species she's seen most affected by sea star-associated densovirus. (Brian Gratwicke / flickr)