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Record-setting heat killing marine life in California, British Columbia

July 12, 2021 — Record-high temperatures across the Pacific Northwest is killing off marine life from the U.S. state of California to British Columbia, Canada.

An estimated one billion sea creatures on the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada have died due to the heatwave, according to Christopher Harley, a professor of zoology at the University of British Columbia.

Read the full story at Seafood Source

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