A new marine heat wave spreading across a portion of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia resembles the infamous "blob" that disrupted marine life five years ago. 

In a good season, Skinney’s langoustine catch can reach 250-300 tons. This summer, it was only 38.

A variety of stranded marine mammals were observed in the Port Heiden area between August 17 and 26th.

Federal fisheries experts paint devastating picture of the challenges facing Pacific salmon and point to climate change as the main culprit.

It is unusual to find a dead shark. And it occurred at a time when there were many other standings of marine mammals and birds.

"Camphor Trees typically seem healthy in this region and are invasive. Massive simultaneous failure of most branches seems unusual."

Fish in a local pond may have been washed to their new location during a recent severe rain event.

About 20 to 30 medium-sized birds with black backs and white bellies were found spaced out along the entire beach of the island.

This is the 6th observation on this topic received in LEO Network from Southwest Alaska since July 22, 2019.

"Jakolof Creek is dry almost all the way up to the switchbacks and continues to recede. The early run of red salmon may have made it to the lake, but that is probably the only run that has."

More than 50 birds and a seal were found along the shoreline.

"Since the last eruption event, most seabird species that previously nested on the island have returned and made attempts to breed again...but the habitat is currently not ideal."

The condition of the lake isn’t very good and it has the typical problems with high nutrient levels and depleted oxygen.

For the second time in less than a month, a large pod of pilot whales has been discovered stranded on an Icelandic beach.Two-thirds of them were saved and driven back out to sea.

Alaska has experienced a series of seal mortalities in June that were concentrated in the northern part of the state. This dead seal was found on the bluff near a public park in Anchorage.

"I discovered possibly 43 seabirds and may have missed more on August 3, 2019, just on the southwest side and did not go further on southeast side of our beach. Not sure, maybe they died of hunger."

Every year since 2015, the Bering Sea has melted out earlier than in every year before 2015. If heat is killing animals, scientists have yet to pin down exactly how it is doing so.

"Within a week we saw thousands of shearwaters along the beaches, and witnessed hundreds dead. They would sit on the tideline unable to walk, foraging on dead fish that had washed ashore and trying to feed on the fish in the nets of the set net sites as well."

Local beekeepers suspect pesticides used for controlling mosquitoes may be the cause.

Aldri før har forskere funnet så mange rein som har sultet i hjel på Svalbard.