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Extreme Heat Is Killing Off Thousands Of Fish In Alaska
2013-08-06 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Progress: Unusually hot, dry weather in Alaska is wreaking havoc on fisheries, as thousands of fish perish in overheated waters. Last month, 1,100 king salmon died on their way up to the Crystal Lake hatchery due to water temperatures around 80 degrees Fahrenheit and lack of oxygen. Thats the bulk of the 1,800 adult salmon that were expected to return to the hatchery this season. Earlier in the summer, another hatchery lost hundreds of grayling and rainbow trout in a Fairbanks lake where water temperatures...
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