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A dead dolphin is taken to the marine fish farm of Mahebourg, Mauritius, on August 28, 2020. Reuters file photo Cairo - Hazem Badr
Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a number of dolphins were found dead from a fatal skin disease near New Orleans, Louisiana s biggest city. The same incident has been observed in numerous parts of the world, but the exact cause of this mysterious disease has never been known.
Today, 15 years later, a new study carried out by researchers at the Marine Mammal Centre in Sausalito, California, and the Murdoch University in Australia, suggested it might be caused by the environmental changes in the dolphins marine habitat that are linked to climate change. The study was published in the latest issue of the Scientific Reports journal.
A Fatal Skin Disease Afflicting Dolphins Worldwide Has Been Linked to Climate Change
23 DECEMBER 2020
They re among the most popular and captivating animals in the ocean – a creature that delights at every splash or glimpse. And many are dying.
A deadly skin condition, first noted in dolphins near New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, has now been formally identified by scientists.
Freshwater skin disease , as researchers define the pathology in a new study, has afflicted coastal cetaceans in numerous parts of the world, producing severe lesions that can cover most of the animal s body.
The exact cause of this mysterious disease has never been known, but now, thanks to new research, we have a grim explanation: environmental changes in the dolphins marine habitat that are linked to climate change.