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Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast
4 months, 1 week ago

Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast

LA Times  

By the time the rescue squad got to her, a small crowd had formed around the agitated California sea lion. “It’s really hard when they’re not acting like sea lions,” said Jake Roth, a 22-year-old volunteer who helped with the rescue. Climate & Environment Scores of reports of sick sea lions along California’s Central Coast The neurotoxin domoic acid is …

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Scores of reports of sick sea lions along California’s Central Coast
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Scores of reports of sick sea lions along California’s Central Coast

LA Times  

Rescuers check a sea lion for domoic acid ingestion on Thursday at Surf Beach near Lompoc. Wildlife rescuers are reporting an uptick in diseased sea lions along California’s Central Coast. Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, said that since mid-July, the center’s network has seen an increase in the number of affected sea lions along …

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Deadly algal bloom linked to deaths of dolphins, sea lions in huge numbers in California
1 year, 5 months ago

Deadly algal bloom linked to deaths of dolphins, sea lions in huge numbers in California

Hindustan Times  

Hundreds of sea lions, dolphins are sprawled across the beaches in Southern California, either dead or sick and exhibiting abnormal behaviour, CNN reported. A sick sea lion is marked with paint and left on a beach, unable to be rescued due to overcrowded facilities, as toxic algae is being blamed for causing sickness to sea lions and dolphins along the …

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Sea lions are washing ashore sick, aggressive. How to help
1 year, 5 months ago

Sea lions are washing ashore sick, aggressive. How to help

LA Times  

Algae blooming along the California coast — so toxic that it’s causing fatal brain damage in sea lions and dolphins — has reached San Diego, resulting in a recent surge of sick and potentially aggressive animals washing ashore. “We see these animals coming in every year, but this is just a big bloom,” said SeaWorld San Diego veterinarian Dr. Kelsey …

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Holiday beachgoers face an unexpected peril: aggressive, biting sea lions. Here’s what you can do
1 year, 5 months ago

Holiday beachgoers face an unexpected peril: aggressive, biting sea lions. Here’s what you can do

LA Times  

Dr. Alissa Deming, left, and veterinarian assistant Malena Berndt give medicine to sea lion Patsy at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach in June. But “it’s not like this is a rabid sea lion running down the beach chasing people and biting them,” said Dr. Alissa Deming of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach. It’s not …

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Sea lions suffering seizures and dying on Orange County beaches due to neurotoxin-producing algae bloom
1 year, 6 months ago

Sea lions suffering seizures and dying on Orange County beaches due to neurotoxin-producing algae bloom

LA Times  

An algae bloom pumping neurotoxins into the ocean has rescuers scrambling to save poisoned sea lions that have washed onto Orange County’s beaches on a near-daily basis since the beginning of June. It’s being produced by a massive bloom of pseudo-nitzschia plankton that began off of the coast of San Luis Obispo and eventually spread into Orange County at the …

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Toxic algae suspected in deaths of sea lions and dolphins on Southern California coast
1 year, 6 months ago

Toxic algae suspected in deaths of sea lions and dolphins on Southern California coast

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Marine mammal rescue organizations have been swamped with reports of sick and dead sea lions and dolphins along the Southern California coast this month, and experts believe a bloom of harmful algae is to blame. Hundreds of sea lions are believed to have died in the first weeks of June, according to a statement by the National …

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What’s killing hundreds of sea lions and dozens of dolphins along the Southern California coast?
1 year, 6 months ago

What’s killing hundreds of sea lions and dozens of dolphins along the Southern California coast?

LA Times  

Sea lions recuperate at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro on Tuesday. More than 1,000 marine mammals along the Southern California coast have gotten sick or died this month due to a bloom of toxic algae, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Please continue to report all sick and injured marine mammals as we are getting …

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The pollution causing harmful algal blooms
1 year, 11 months ago

The pollution causing harmful algal blooms

BBC  

The pollution causing harmful algal blooms David-McNew / Getty Images The explosive growth of algal blooms is linked to rising temperatures and rising pollution Rising temperatures and pollution have led to an explosive growth of harmful algal blooms, contaminating our drinking water and harming human health. Read some of the other stories from the series here: The underwater sounds that …

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