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El Niño brings strange visitors and starving sea lion pups to California coast
Original: Strange visitors and starving pups: What El Niño means for California’s coast
The Los Angeles Times reports on El Niño's effects along California's coast, where warming ocean waters are drawing unusual marine visitors northward and leaving sea lion pups starving as prey species shift away from normal breeding grounds. The coverage highlights how the climate pattern disrupts coastal ecosystems, affecting wildlife from fish to marine mammals and the communities that depend on them.
Why now: El Niño conditions are developing, prompting coverage of their immediate impacts on California's coastal wildlife and ecosystems
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- Strange visitors and starving pups: What El Niño means for California’s coast · Los Angeles Times
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