From the frigid waters of Alaska to the sunny beaches of Southern California, the iconic sea stars are fading from the reefs. Once colorful tide pools are now graveyards; littered with the remains of the dying creatures whose bodies are liquefied by a mysterious disease. Scientists are scrambling to find the cause of the sea star wasting disease, their hypotheses range from global warming, ocean acidification, natural causes and concerns about nuclear waste from the Fukushima disaster. While researchers race to discover the cause, the sea stars continue to disappear from the Pacific Ocean coastline, posing the question, ‘What human actions have led to the decimation of these brightly colored creatures?’