A decade ago the die off was due to Climate Change: Climate change is driving marine disease outbreaks that endanger starfish, wild salmon and other species | ScienceWriters (www.NASW.org)
Today with some claiming the climate is worse: Oregon sea stars bounce back from near extinction after years of decline – oregonlive.com.
Their research shows that a significant “baby boom” of new sea stars has helped the species rebound to levels at or above their population numbers before the crisis.
The climate change explanation has vanished.
