A highly decomposed whale carcass was identified as a gray whale.
The Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences are reporting cause of death for one.
Ocean scientists are concerned about dead gray whales that have washed up on the US West Coast this year at the highest rate in almost two decades.
The "unprecedented" warm water in the Pacific caused a massive toxic algae bloom from California to Alaska.
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