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B.C’s pink sea urchins are on the move to shallower waters thanks to climate change

10 Feb 2023
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Researchers at Memorial University, Ocean Networks Canada and the University of Victoria found the urchins, living as deep as 400 metres below, were expanding their populations into shallower water at an average rate of 3.5 metres per year as ocean warming reduces oxygen levels and food sources at lower depths.
Port Alberni Valley News / Mike Brubaker
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