1 Billion Sea Creatures Cooked to Death in Pacific Northwest Heat Wave: Chris Harley, a marine biologist at the University of British Columbia, told the CBC
that he was “pretty stunned” walking along Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach
late last month, where was able to smell the mass death and see endless
amounts of mussels cracked open with meat inside—which indicates they
had recently died.

The incredibly hot
temperatures in Vancouver and some poor timing with the tides seem to
have combined to create an incredibly sad situation for the region’s
crustaceans. During the heatwave in late June, when temperatures reached
104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in Vancouver, Harley’s lab
recorded temperatures up to 122 degrees F (50 degrees Celsius) along the
shoreline using a thermal imaging camera.
Crustaceans like mussels and clams were then exposed to these crazy
high temperatures for more than six hours when the tide went out.

1 Billion Sea Creatures Cooked to Death in Pacific Northwest Heat Wave: Chris Harley, a marine biologist at the University of British Columbia, told the CBC
that he was “pretty stunned” walking along Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach
late last month, where was able to smell the mass death and see endless
amounts of mussels cracked open with meat inside—which indicates they
had recently died.The incredibly hot
temperatures in Vancouver and some poor timing with the tides seem to
have combined to create an incredibly sad situation for the region’s
crustaceans. During the heatwave in late June, when temperatures reached
104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in Vancouver, Harley’s lab
recorded temperatures up to 122 degrees F (50 degrees Celsius) along the
shoreline using a thermal imaging camera.
Crustaceans like mussels and clams were then exposed to these crazy
high temperatures for more than six hours when the tide went out.Read More