Pacific Northwest kelp forests, and the sea creatures who depend on them, have been decimated since sea stars started disappearing.
PORTLAND, Ore. —
The ocean exists in a delicate equilibrium — remove one species and the entire ecosystem can quickly be thrown off balance.
That’s what happened in 2013 when a mysterious ailment, known as sea star wasting disease, nearly wiped out populations of sea stars along the West Coast, all the way from Alaska to Baja California.
While the cause of the disease is still yet to be determined, the cascading ripple effects are becoming clearer thanks in part to a new study from researchers at
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