Some bacteria are suffocating sea stars, turning the animals to goo
Microbes that thrive in high nutrient settings deplete oxygen in water around the animals
![Dermasterias imbricata](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/011521_EG_sea-star_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Sea star wasting disease can dissolve a healthy sea star — such as this leather star (Dermasterias imbricata) at the Sitka Sound Science Center in Alaska — into a puddle of goo.
Ian Hewson