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More #GrayWhales Are Visiting #SanFrancisco Bay, and Many Die There
The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as #climatechange disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area.
The study estimated that 18% of the #whales that entered the Bay from 2018 to 2025 did not survive. And among those that died, at least 40% had sustained lethal injuries from ship strikes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/climate/gray-whales-san-francisco-bay.html
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More #GrayWhales Are Visiting #SanFrancisco Bay, and Many Die There
The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as #climatechange disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area.
The study estimated that 18% of the #whales that entered the Bay from 2018 to 2025 did not survive. And among those that died, at least 40% had sustained lethal injuries from ship strikes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/climate/gray-whales-san-francisco-bay.html
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More #GrayWhales Are Visiting #SanFrancisco Bay, and Many Die There
The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as #climatechange disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area.
The study estimated that 18% of the #whales that entered the Bay from 2018 to 2025 did not survive. And among those that died, at least 40% had sustained lethal injuries from ship strikes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/climate/gray-whales-san-francisco-bay.html
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More #GrayWhales Are Visiting #SanFrancisco Bay, and Many Die There
The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as #climatechange disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area.
The study estimated that 18% of the #whales that entered the Bay from 2018 to 2025 did not survive. And among those that died, at least 40% had sustained lethal injuries from ship strikes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/climate/gray-whales-san-francisco-bay.html
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More #GrayWhales Are Visiting #SanFrancisco Bay, and Many Die There
The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as #climatechange disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area.
The study estimated that 18% of the #whales that entered the Bay from 2018 to 2025 did not survive. And among those that died, at least 40% had sustained lethal injuries from ship strikes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/climate/gray-whales-san-francisco-bay.html
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#California's #SanFranciscoBay is home to Eastern North Pacific #GrayWhales.
Residents & researchers now get to closely observe how they feed, breed & socially engage. They've also brought growing unease: why are so many of them #undernourished & #dying?
In 2025, a record number of 21 dead gray whales were found in San Francisco Bay. So far this year, 7 have died due to a combination of dwindling prey availability, climate change & human causes, researchers say.
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“When that happens, you often see #GrayWhales in a more desperate search for new areas to feed,” Calambokidis said. “That’s the most likely context for this whale.”
Researchers will attempt to examine the whale, possibly as soon as Monday.
#science #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #EndangeredSpecies #ecosystems #MarineLife #whales #law #EnvironmentalLaw
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Officials believed the population was rebounding, but the most recent count from 2025 instead showed a continuing decline. The federal agency estimated there were about 13k #GrayWhales, the lowest count since the 1970s.
“A lot of these gray whales are looking very emaciated, very thin,” Calambokidis said.
Their migration north is typically the most challenging period for gray #whales, the longest they’ve gone without eating, forcing the animals to use up their nutritional reserves.
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The #NOAA Fisheries agency declared an unusual mortality event for eastern #GrayWhales — meaning those in the eastern #Pacific — from late 2018 to late 2023. It involved 690 gray whale strandings during that time, stretching from Alaska to Mexico.
NOAA Fisheries investigators concluded the preliminary cause was “localized #ecosystem changes in the #whales’ sub-Arctic & #Arctic #feeding areas that led to changes in food, malnutrition, decreased birth rates & increased mortality.”
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The #NOAA Fisheries agency declared an unusual mortality event for eastern #GrayWhales — meaning those in the eastern #Pacific — from late 2018 to late 2023. It involved 690 gray whale strandings during that time, stretching from Alaska to Mexico.
NOAA Fisheries investigators concluded the preliminary cause was “localized #ecosystem changes in the #whales’ sub-Arctic & #Arctic #feeding areas that led to changes in food, malnutrition, decreased birth rates & increased mortality.”
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The larger issue that the population of #GrayWhales in the eastern part of the #PacificOcean has faced since 2019 is reduced #food availability in the northern Bering & Chukchi seas off Alaska’s coast, John Calambokidis, a research biologist with the Cascadia Research Collective, told AP.
“Gray whales are facing a major crisis & the heart of it does seem to be #feeding on their prey in the #Arctic,” he said.
#science #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies #MarineLife #whales #law #EnvironmentalLaw
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The #whale was discovered Saturday near Raymond, Washington, in the Willapa River, which feeds into the #ocean at Willapa Bay. A number of #GrayWhales are currently in the bay on their 5,000-mile (8,000-kilometer) spring migration from birthing grounds in Baja California, Mexico, north to feeding grounds in Alaska.
#science #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #EndangeredSpecies #ecosystems #MarineLife #whales #law #EnvironmentalLaw
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Alarming News for Gray Whales.
Scientists are concerned about a potential gray whale die-off as starving whales migrate north along the Pacific coast. This troubling trend highlights ongoing environmental challenges affecting marine life.#GrayWhales #MarineConservation #OceanHealth #WildlifeProtection
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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#Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html
Migrating #BaleenWhales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56123-2
"in oceans across the globe, great whales—including #RightWhales, #GrayWhales, and #humpbacks—transport about 4,000 tons of nitrogen each year to low-nutrient coastal areas in the tropics and subtropics. They also bring more than 45,000 tons of biomass"
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Drone footage provides new insight into #GrayWhales' acrobatic feeding behavior
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-drone-footage-insight-gray-whales.html"The #whales' movements, including forward and side-swimming, headstands and the use of bubble blasts change as the whales grow... bubble blasts (a single big exhale that produces a circle pattern at the surface) are used by to regulate their buoyancy while feeding in very shallow water... Larger, fatter whales were more likely to bubble blast, especially while performing headstands."
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#Pacific coast #graywhales have gotten 13% shorter in the past 20–30 years, study finds
The smaller size could have major consequences for the health and reproductive success of the affected #whales, and also raises alarm bells about the state of the #foodweb in which they coexist, researchers say. If the same trend were to happen in humans, that would be like the height of the average American woman shrinking from 5tf 4in, to 4ft 8in tall over the course of 20 years!
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Wildlife mystery: Why are gray whales swimming into San Francisco Bay in increasing numbers? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-wildlife-mystery-gray-whales-san.html
"#GrayWhales have been veering off their normal routes and swimming under the #GoldenGateBridge into #SanFrancisco Bay in unprecedented numbers. Using thousands of photos of markings on the #whales' backs to identify them, #scientists have confirmed that at least 71 different gray whales swam into the bay between 2018 and 2023, with some staying for more than two months"
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Good news for gray #whales: 'Unusual mortality event' declared over https://phys.org/news/2024-03-good-news-gray-whales-unusual.html
"It was a worrisome few years for North Pacific #GrayWhales, with hundreds washing up dead on shorelines along the West Coast leading to an estimated 30% decline in their population. But the #GrayWhale population is now considered healthy enough #NOAA this week declared closed the Unusual Mortality Event it designated in 2019."
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↪ Rising global temperatures has meant that the Northwest Passage - which connects the #Atlantic and #Pacific through #Arctic waters - has been ice-free during the summer
This has meant #GrayWhales have been able to travel between the oceans more freely than in previous centuries.
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Grey whales are not steady but swingy. Their population booms and busts as the Arctic conditions change. This shows how climate change affects even the largest and longest-lived animals. #graywhales #arctic #climatechange https://phys.org/news/2023-10-gray-whales-major-population-result.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes
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#OceanOptimism: Hopeful signs for declining population of #GrayWhales along US West Coast https://phys.org/news/2023-07-declining-population-gray-whales-west.html
"#scientists counted more mothers with calves in 2023 than any of the past five years. #Researchers also observed that the conditions of their bodies have improved and that fewer dead gray #whales have washed ashore in #Mexico and along the #WestCoast since 2019. All these signs lead researchers to believe the #GrayWhale mortality event may be slowing"
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Global News BC: ‘Basically a sucker punch’: California captain talks killer whale pod attack on adult gray whales https://globalnews.ca/news/9622529/captain-talks-killer-whale-pod-attack-gray-whales/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #killerwhalesattacktwoadultgraywhales #killerwhaleskillgraywhalecalf #killerwhalesattackgraywhale #MontereyBayWhaleWatch #crazyanimalstories #killerwhaleattacks #wildlifestories #whalewatching #killerwhales #Environment #MontereyBay #graywhales #Trending #U.S.News
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Global News BC: ‘Basically a sucker punch’: California captain talks killer whale pod attack on adult gray whales https://globalnews.ca/news/9622529/captain-talks-killer-whale-pod-attack-gray-whales/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #killerwhalesattacktwoadultgraywhales #killerwhaleskillgraywhalecalf #killerwhalesattackgraywhale #MontereyBayWhaleWatch #crazyanimalstories #killerwhaleattacks #wildlifestories #whalewatching #killerwhales #Environment #MontereyBay #graywhales #Trending #U.S.News
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Global News BC: ‘Basically a sucker punch’: California captain talks killer whale pod attack on adult gray whales https://globalnews.ca/news/9622529/captain-talks-killer-whale-pod-attack-gray-whales/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #killerwhalesattacktwoadultgraywhales #killerwhaleskillgraywhalecalf #killerwhalesattackgraywhale #MontereyBayWhaleWatch #crazyanimalstories #killerwhaleattacks #wildlifestories #whalewatching #killerwhales #Environment #MontereyBay #graywhales #Trending #U.S.News
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Global News BC: ‘Basically a sucker punch’: California captain talks killer whale pod attack on adult gray whales https://globalnews.ca/news/9622529/captain-talks-killer-whale-pod-attack-gray-whales/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #killerwhalesattacktwoadultgraywhales #killerwhaleskillgraywhalecalf #killerwhalesattackgraywhale #MontereyBayWhaleWatch #crazyanimalstories #killerwhaleattacks #wildlifestories #whalewatching #killerwhales #Environment #MontereyBay #graywhales #Trending #U.S.News
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Global News BC: ‘Basically a sucker punch’: California captain talks killer whale pod attack on adult gray whales https://globalnews.ca/news/9622529/captain-talks-killer-whale-pod-attack-gray-whales/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #killerwhalesattacktwoadultgraywhales #killerwhaleskillgraywhalecalf #killerwhalesattackgraywhale #MontereyBayWhaleWatch #crazyanimalstories #killerwhaleattacks #wildlifestories #whalewatching #killerwhales #Environment #MontereyBay #graywhales #Trending #U.S.News
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Gray whale populations have plunged 38 percent since their peak in 2015 and 2016. Our latest #InGraphicDetail shows their population in flux.
Written by Marina Wang.
#whales #graywhales #NOAA #conservation #zoology #marinescience #oceans
https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-gray-whales-in-flux/