Extreme heat kills thousands of fish in midwest, Americaby | 07-08-2012 11:19 |
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 "It's something I've never seen in my career, and I've been here for more than 17years.", Mr.Mark Flemmang, a fisheries biologist from Iowa Department of Natural Resources commented. So many fish are died due to the driest and warmest summer in history. As water temperature hit 97 degrees, around 40,000 shovel-nose sturgeon were killed last week in Iowa. In Illinois, the state's largest habitat for the endangered species such as red-horse fish, Aux Sable Creek has dried up because of heat and shortage of rain this summer. Mr.Dan Stephenson, the biologist from Illinois Department of Natural Resources said, "We are talking about hundreds and hundreds of dead fish, maybe by million now." Same situation goes for Nebraska,Kansas, and South Dakota as well. People living near the affected lakes and rivers concern over the health and business. Biologists hope for the nature would take its course again at the moment. Related videos: Heat blamed for fish kill in Lake Hartwell Cove. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMkWjPj4rM Extreme heat causes huge fish kill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV6RcnT-Vvg Heatwave kills fish, hurts business http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xrj_gF5w20 |
