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In the Bering Strait region the sea ice is long gone and mayhem has taken hold in the marine environment.
'The most striking signs are on the shorelines, which have been littered with dead animals ranging from tiny shellfish to giant whales.'
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'The most striking signs are on the shorelines, which have been littered with dead animals ranging from tiny shellfish to giant whales.'
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#EcologicalEmergency
The toll of discovered dead animals as of mid-July: 137 ice-dependent seals and five gray whales, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
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dozens of walruses, piles of bird carcasses — marking what has become the latest in five consecutive years of bird die-offs in the region; carcasses of salmon that never got the chance to spawn clogging rivers and streams;
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and in some spots, stretches of dead blue mussels and krill have coated beaches.
Sometimes animals are found alive, but only barely so. A walrus found in June near Solomon, a village 30 miles east of Nome, was so thin that its ribs were visible...
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Sometimes animals are found alive, but only barely so. A walrus found in June near Solomon, a village 30 miles east of Nome, was so thin that its ribs were visible...
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The animal die-offs and strandings, part of a series hitting the Bering Strait region since at least 2016, are sobering, residents say. “To see that many dead whales, it’s weird,” said Adelaine Ahmasuk...
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