THOUSANDS OF PRAWNS AND TUNA CRABS FAILED IN CALIFORNIAN BEACHES DUE TO EL NINO

USPA NEWS - Thousands of red prawns have recently failed in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach, California. Rescuers have told ABC News that the current El Nino would have pushed crustaceans out of their natural habitat.

EL NINO A UHE BULGE OF WARM WATER DUE TI GLOBAL WARMING IN SOUTH AMERICA------------------------- Lobsters, often mistaken for baby lobsters (Red prawns), normally found in the warm waters off Mexico. Although many lobsters died, rescuers explained that the majority will be lowered to the water by waves. Source : TVA Nouvelles--------------------------------------------Every three to five years, driven by a reversal in the trade winds, an El Niño, a huge bulge of warm water under a blanket of tropical storms, hits the western most extension of South America, burying the cool Humboldt Current and dropping heavy rains on Peru and Ecuador, often around Christmas--hence the name El Niño (the boy), in honor of the Christ Child. Over the past three decades, shrimp farms around the Gulf of Guayaquil (just a few degrees south of the equator, on the Peru/Ecuador border), have learned to deal with El Niño's various moods--and relatives, like his cool weather cousin, La Niña.------------------------Source: www.shrimpnews.com------------------------------------------------------The fact is that El Nino, is not responsible alone for this catastrophicy, but it is a sum of circumstances due to the global warming, affecting the change of temperatures and impacts on weather. Besides, according to nbc news tv, “It's a red tide along the Southern California coast as millions of red tuna crabs can be seen coming ashore. Scientists say it's an unusual sight that could be a sign of big changes to come in the weather“. "It looked like a red carpet -- a good foot-to-16 inches thick," said Johnny Fotsch. "It kinda took me back a little because I never seen anything like this before.The crawfish-like one-to-three inch crabs have been washing ashore by the thousands for three days. Their normal habitat is near Baja California. But scientists believe warm water is drawing the crabs further north. Unusual and so far unexplained warm patches in the pacific now stretch from southern California all the way to the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. The El Niño caused months of flooding and mudslides in California. Though a wet winter would be welcome here in drought ravaged California, scientists say this could be a red omen that an El Niño winter is ahead. --------------------------------------------------------------------------Source: www.cbsnews.com