Thursday, July 4, 2019

June Was So Hot, Mussels Cooked to Death in Their Shells

Last month was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, affecting vulnerable people worldwide.
The European Satellite Agency recently announced that June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth — in fact, in California, it was so hot that mussels on rocks fried to death inside their shells.
Temperatures in Bodega Bay in northern California soared up to 75 degrees Fahrenheit and 97 degrees in San Francisco last month. And the mussels, which attach themselves to coastal rocks, were exposed to the scorching heat following many consecutive days of mid-day low tides in the area.
The animals can normally cool off and survive higher temperatures by venting the heat, but need sea breeze to carry it away. Unfortunately, the Californian shorelines witnessed no such breezes during the recent extreme heat waves, causing the mussels to die off in alarming numbers.
Continue reading at: June Was So Hot, Mussels Cooked to Death in Their Shells

No comments:

Post a Comment