- On Sunday, a marine biologist found thousands of dead mussels, clams and starfish on Vancouver Beach.
- They died from the heat in the record-breaking heat wave that hit Canada in June.
- He estimated that more than 1 billion seaside animals died on the coastline of the Salish Sea in Canada alone.
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During the record-breaking heat wave in Canada, tens of thousands of clams, mussels, starfish and snails were found boiled to death on the beaches of Vancouver, Canada.
On Sunday, Chris Harley, a marine biologist at the University of British Columbia, smelled the stench from Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver and alerted the death.
He says Canadian CBC News Network He was “shocked” by this discovery.
British Columbia reached a record high temperature for three consecutive days in late June, reaching 55 degrees Celsius on June 29.
It is not clear when the shellfish died. Halley told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that most intertidal animals can only withstand temperatures as high as 30 degrees Celsius; thermal imaging on June 28 showed that the temperature of the Vancouver coastline reached about 55 degrees.
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According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Halley said the deaths of these animals will temporarily affect the water quality in the area because mussels and clams filter the sea.
By calculating how many dead sea animals were found in a small area, Halley also estimated to CBC that more than 1 billion seaside animals living on the shoreline of the Salish Sea may have died.
This is not the first time heat waves have killed shellfish. The heat wave of 2019 caused The biggest mussel death in Bodega Head, A bay on the coast of California.
The temperature in Canada is so high that wildfires have been creating scorched cumulonimbus clouds. Clouds that can produce tornadoes and lightning will cause more wildfires. Insider Irene Woodward reports.
