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Why Are Gray Whales Dying? Researchers Cut Through The Blubber For Answers

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A dead whale at the mouth of the Placer River, at the eastern end of the Turnagain Arm, near Anchorage, Alaska. The deaths of at least 60 whales along the Pacific Coast this year have scientists concerned and looking for answers.

More than 60 dead gray whales have washed up on Pacific coasts this year, the most in two decades. Researchers are trying to determine whether their food source is a problem, or climate change.

(Image credit: Nat Herz /Alaska's Energy Desk)


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