Global warming is the major factor, said Piers Forster, professor of climate physics at the University of Leeds, but El Nino, the decline in Saharan dust blowing over the ocean and the use of low-sulphur shipping fuels were also to blame. "So in all, oceans are being hit by a quadruple whammy," he said. "It's a sign of things to come." Thousands of dead fish have been washing up on Texan beaches and heat-induced algal blooms have also been blamed for killing sea lions and dolphins in California.

Yeah we are so fucked, I don’t trust corporations to make any meaningful changes.