10 billion Alaska snow crabs likely vanished due to warm ocean, study says

Alaska's snow crabs suddenly vanished. Will history repeat itself as waters warm?

In Alaska, last fall's shocking collapse of the snow crab fishery shows that conditions for sea life can and are rapidly changing.

Huge amounts of snow crabs have died off the coast of Alaska. Researchers are now presenting an explanation. Once again, it's about exceptionally high water temperatures.

A huge number of snow crabs have died off the coast of Alaska in recent years. A research team finds an explanation: The animals were presumably starved to death due to higher temperatures. After overfishing, climate change is therefore the next major crisis for stocks.

Scientists reveal why billions of crabs vanished from Alaska

Ten billion crabs have died in recent years – but what caused it?

Billions of crabs went missing around Alaska. Scientists now know what happened to them - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

(CNN) — Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death. The finding comes just days after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the snow crab harvest season was canceled for the second year in a row, citing the overwhelming number of crabs missing from the typically frigid, treacherous waters of …