The fish washed ashore dead after first suffocating in the water as officials said they lacked oxygen in the warm waters they were swimming in.
Tens of thousands of dead fish washed up on the Texas Gulf Coast over the weekend, blanketing the coastline and prompting local officials to close the coast to visitors
WATCH: Thousands of dead fish washed up on a beach in Texas pic.twitter.com/XyFVNsnzth
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The sad incident – which according to experts is due to weather and environmental conditions – happened in Quintana and Bryan Beach.
The fish washed ashore dead after first suffocating in the water because, according to officials, they lacked oxygen in the warm waters they were swimming in.
Dead fish washed up along miles of Texas’ Gulf Coast on Friday because of low oxygen levels in the water. Some fish are still surfacing. https://t.co/D0qjiQ6IRA
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Warming Gulf Coast waters due to climate change could have contributed to the fish die-off.
According to the researchers, such fish kills may become more common as temperatures rise and oxygen levels in the oceans in the United States and Europe fall.
A United Nations report concluded in 2019 that rising ocean temperatures have increased occurrences of hypoxia – or low oxygen levels – in coastal waters, threatening fish populations.
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