A disease has killed many sea stars, but scientists have found the cause

Since last years millions of sea stars have died. There is an epidemic and the sea stars are suffering. Scientists say they have never seen a disease this bad in the ocean. The sea stars started dying in Washington in 2013. This disease spread south and began killing millions of innocent creatures. Whatever this virus is it’s out of control.

This virus is not new. Sea stars that scientists have colleceted from over 72 years ago have it. This means the virus has been in the Pacific for over 72 years. Earlier this virus was killing small amounts of starfish. No one knows what made it spread this fast in the past year. This disease is called wasting syndrome. Over 20 species of sea stars have it.

Scientists figured out what this virus was but they still haven’t figured out what they’re looking for. What caused this disease? What caused it to spread so fast? All of these questions are still unknown.

The author in this story was unbiased.

My opinion on this story was that some diseases in the ocean were caused by us. We need to stop polluting the ocean and start caring about others living creatures besides ourselves.

My friend Nico says, “I believe that this is just another reason to stop polluting the oceans.”