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webcontent.gov In 2007, hundreds of seabirds were found stranded
or dead in California’s Monterey Bay. The birds were coated with
an unknown yellow-green substance that was eating away at the
coating and oils on their feathers. Without this protection, the
birds were vulnerable, starving, and suffering from hypothermia.
When it was all over, a total of 550 birds were stranded and 207
died during this unexplained event. In a study partly funded by
NOAA, scientists in California recently solved this puzzling
case and published their findings last week in the online
journal PloS One. Today, we hear from one of the authors of the
study to learn what happened. It's Friday, March 6th, and this
is Making Waves from NOAA's National Ocean Service. What caused
the mysterious strandings and deaths of so many seabirds? Dr.
Raphael