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TexasTowelie

(117,355 posts) Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:40 PM Oct 2020

US monitoring massive sea life die-off on far side of Bering Sea

Water pollution and massive death of marine animals have been recorded on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, across the Bering Sea from Alaska’s shores.

Russian scientists and Greenpeace personnel are investigating....

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(Fairbanks Newsminer)

The article was written by a Fairbanks Newsminer reporter so I doubt it will be available elsewhere.

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US monitoring massive sea life die-off on far side of Bering Sea (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2020 OP

Fukushima? SledDriver Oct 2020 #1

I'm not a subscriber so I won't venture a guess. TexasTowelie Oct 2020 #3

Are we testing out new WMD's? Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #2

Russia is also intensively monitoriing this Warpy Oct 2020 #4

SledDriver

(2,096 posts)

1. Fukushima?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:43 PM

Oct 2020

TexasTowelie

(117,355 posts)

3. I'm not a subscriber so I won't venture a guess.

Reply to SledDriver (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:48 PM

Oct 2020

Obviously, this isn't a part of the world that receives a lot of press coverage.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,972 posts)

2. Are we testing out new WMD's?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:45 PM

Oct 2020

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

4. Russia is also intensively monitoriing this

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2020, 07:56 PM

Oct 2020

and so far they haven't made any sort of announcement.

It should be pointed out that Kamchatka is extremely new land and the whole area is heavily volcanic. This could be a natural process fueled by undersea vents. It could also be the result of Soviet dumping of extremely nasty stuff decades ago. Nobody knows yet.

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