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Toxic red tide fueled by climate change litters Florida s coastal beaches with over 600 tons of dead, rotting marine life
A red tide is a large bloom of toxic algae that appears on Florida s Gulf Coast about once a year, but this year it has killed more than 600 tons of marine life
Officials in the Tampa Bay area are working around the clock to clear the remains
The fish first started washing ashore early last month and have not yet stopped
Experts say climate change is warming waters that is fueling red tides
Dead fish and eels killed by a red tide happening in the Tampa Bay area collect in St. Petersburg.
For beachgoers in the Tampa Bay area, the last few weeks have been anything but normal. Discolored, soupy waters have been lapping the shore, and the beaches are laden with dead, rotting sea life.
Maya Burke, a lifetime resident of Pinellas County, knows the sights and smells at this time of year are anything but normal. The bay is really hurting right now, she said. It s significant numbers of dead fish all up and down the food chain, from small forage fish all the way up to tarpon, manatees, dolphins. . If it s swimming in the bay, right now it s washing up dead.
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