Study Shows How Marine Heat Wave (2013-17) Destroyed California’s Bull Kelp Forests, Abalone Fishery

First the sea stars wasted to nothing. Then the purple urchins took over, eating and eating until the bull kelp forests were gone. The red abalone starved. Their fishery closed. Red sea urchins starved. Their fishery collapsed. And the ocean kept warming.

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