As the human population continues to grow exponentially every year, more resources are required . This endlessly increasing demand for limited resources is taxing the environment dearly. More trees are being cut down for paper products, such as newspapers, toilet paper, and other paper products.  Large commercial paper shipments leak oil as they cross the seas, contaminating our delicate marine ecosystems. (Victoria mills 2003-2011). The trees that are home to the Marbled Murrelets are being mangled and shipped to paper mills so we can entertain oursleve with newspapers or cups of coffee. Due to human impact and ignorance surrounding these issues, Marbled Murrelets are being forced from their homes and must find new habitat or stranded in the process (A Center For Biological Report, 1982). 

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A small portion of Marbled Murrelets has found new places to relocate.  Some are areas uncommon for them to be spotted such as  Marin. It is rare, but sightings of the Marbled murrelet have been reported through mid-summer into the winter. These rare birds are like "hidden fairies in a forest" and very hard to spot (Endangered Birds, 2018). One possible cause of their disappearance may be connected to their relative, the Murre. Dozens of these birds were found washed up on Rodeo Beach in California sick and dying or already deceased. The suspected cause for this epidemic is a large "blob" of warm water traveling up the western United States coastline. This mass of, comparatively, hot water is causing fish to swim deeper and further away from where the Murres typically feed. This can strand the birds out at sea, or disorient them from returning to their homes. Other birds and sea life will eventually be impacted in a similar way if we don't do anything to reduce human impact and slow climate change, which is the likely culprit behind this tragedy. (High number of dying sea birds found on Bay Area beaches 2020)