In our latest environmental plague, tens of thousands of dead fish washed up along the Gulf Coast this weekend.
, constitute the largest fishery yield in the Gulf of Mexico — began appearing onshore Friday as temperatures in the area reached 92 degrees. Investigators determined “low dissolved oxygen” as the cause of the mass die-off, noting that fish kills are relatively common in hotter summer months as schools of fish get trapped in shallow waters and lose oxygen as a result.
Common as it is, experts suggest that higher water temperatures buoyed by global warming can exacerbate the trend andAs crews cleared and buried the carcasses before they began to decay in the heat, Quintana Beach County Park took toto advise beachgoers against swimming, citing high bacterial levels, “not to mention sharp fins on the fish” they’d have to step over to get to the water.
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