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Starfish Could Be 'Drowning' as Climate Change Leads to Oceans Warming
News 18Though many people still deny there is any climate change, effects of global warming can be observed all across the planet. “If there is not enough oxygen surrounding the papulae, the starfish can’t breathe,” Hewson explains in a statement published on the Cornell University website. As they deplete the already low-oxygen environment of the life-affirming gas, starfish fall prey to diseases and result in puffiness deflation and limb curling or twisting, discolouration, and so on. If you have a dead and rotting starfish next to starfish that are healthy, all of that dead one’s organic matter drifts and fuels the bacteria, creating a hypoxic environment. The study can be found in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology as “Evidence That Microorganisms at the Animal-Water Interface Drive Sea Star Wasting Disease.” Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Coronavirus News here
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