California officials are warning nearly all juvenile chinook salmon in the Sacramento River could die due to abnormally hot underwater conditions as heat waves continue to bake the West.
LINK (via: CNN)
This isn’t the first time a statewide drought, extreme water demand, and excessive heat have combined to spell trouble for California salmon. During the state’s major drought in the mid-2010s, around 80% of the winter-run Chinook eggs were wiped out due to high temperatures in the Sacramento River.
