Animal Die-off -- Worldwide/Unknown
Warming waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans have increased the prevalence of diseases that are turning sea stars to mush and killing lobsters by burrowing under their shells and causing lesions, 2 new studies say.
The outbreaks are so lethal, according to a biologist involved in both studies, that at least one species of sea star has vanished off the coasts of Washington and British Columbia, and the lobster fishery, already decimated in southern New England, will likely be threatened
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1p2A1ZJ
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