Billions of Crabs Disappeared off Alaska Coast – Global Warming is to Blame
“From 2018 to 2021, an estimated 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the eastern Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, with the population plummeting to record lows in 2021. Researchers had only speculated as to what happened to the missing crabs. Now, a study in the Oct. 20 Science finds that a marine heat wave probably spurred a mass die-off, in part by causing crabs to starve.”
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KASUMI, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 06: Freshly caught snow crabs packed in boxes prior to the first day crab auction at a Kasumi commercial fishing port on November 6, 2020 in Kasumi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The snow crabs are large and expensive crabs in Japan. These crabs are known by some as the Winter Taste of the Sea of Japan because they are found in the deepest and coldest waters. Crab fishing season starts November 6 and continues until next March. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
