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Worst die-off of a single species in the modern era discovered — and 'the blob' was to blame


The blob — an extreme marine heatwave that hit the northeast Pacific between 2014 and 2016 — killed approximately 4 million common murre, and the population is yet to recover, a new study finds.

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