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Warming the climate and run off is making harmful algal blooms worse
Turning the ocean into a lifeless 'dead zone'"The scale of each harmful algal bloom event seems to be increasing...We're basically seeing that the warming climate is changing the frequency and length and locations and toxicity of harmful algal blooms...If there isn't something done to mitigate, to reduce climate emissions, warming will continue and these kinds of events will be more and more likely."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-28/harmful-algal-blooms-around-the-world/105562252
#FossilFuels #pollution #bushfires #floods #runoff #ocean #MarineHeatwave #HABs #DIYDisaster #Biodiversity #MassMortalityEvents #RiskSociety #DeadZones #climatebreakdown -
Widespread marine species mortalities a ‘human-mediated disaster’
"Effects of marine heatwave driving ‘foreseeable’ SA algal bloom could rival black summer fires, scientists warn."
“Alongside rapidly reducing emissions, Australia needs to be better prepared for environmental disasters such as this. We should all accept that this is likely to just be the tip of the iceberg for what our future looks like with unmitigated climate change and rapid biodiversity loss,” James Trezise, Biodiversity Council director
"Prepare for “an increasingly dangerous and unstable future.""
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/24/effects-of-marine-heatwave-driving-foreseeable-sa-algal-bloom-could-rival-black-summer-fires-scientists-warn
#FossilFuels #pollution #runoff #ocean #MarineHeatwave #HABs #DIYDisaster #Biodiversity #MassMortalityEvents #RiskSociety