Due to a change in temperatures and the effects of El Nino, Alaskan seabirds are dying by the tens of thousands from starvation. Once they perish, their carcasses get washed ashore, but this does not give researchers a conclusive mortality rate at all. The species of birds in question are known as murre, and their number is rather hefty, marked at around 2.8 million specimens … [Read more...]