Researchers make disturbing discovery after analyzing hundreds of dolphin autopsies: 'A nightmare to get rid of'

Researchers make disturbing discovery after analyzing hundreds of dolphin autopsies: 'A nightmare to get rid of'

Dolphins around the United Kingdom are dying at alarming rates, and scientists have traced the cause to a dangerous combination of rising ocean temperatures and lingering chemical pollution. What's happening? Short-beaked common dolphins, one of the most widely distributed marine mammals in U.K. waters, are dying in large numbers from infections that are more likely to become fatal because of toxic chemicals called PCBs, or polychlorinated biphe…