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El Niño could bring waves of starving sea lion pups to California beaches. It’s happened before - Tue, 08 Sep 2026 PST
spokesman.com · 6d
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With a powerful El Niño forecast for this winter — on top of an ongoing marine heatwave — Marine Mammal Care Center staff fear the months ahead could bring an influx of blubbery patients. From 2013 to 2016 — a period that included another El Niño event as well as an ocean heatwave known as “ The Blob” — thousands upon thousands of California sea lion pups were found underfed and in distress.
First report: El Niño could bring waves of starving sea lion pups to California beaches. It's happened before — latimes.com, 6d
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