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  1. [blogue] Chantons le hockey avec Jérôme Charlebois, opus 4

    (Le hockey est partout dans la culture québécoise et canadienne. Les chansons sur ce sport ne manquent pas, plusieurs faisant usage de la…...

    oreilletendue.com/2026/09/05/c

    #oreilletendue #hockey #ch #habs #languedepuck #chansonqc

  2. Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease

    "Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
    "Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd
    #environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology

  3. Is (Adelaide's) stormwater contributing to the toxic algal bloom?

    "... Stormwater "had never been sexy" and, as long as it was flushed away, it did not get the attention nor the government investment it deserved."

    "The EPA's Adelaide Coastal Waters Study (ACWS) summary of 2008 stated that nutrient loads had increased 30 to 50 times since European settlement, and recommended steps to reduce wastewater, stormwater and industrial inputs. The study found the loss of seagrass was "mainly due to stormwater flows" "
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/is-
    #ocean #rivers #pollution #runoff #stormwater #drains #dumping #waste #sprawl #housing #roads #infrastructure #MassMortalityEvents #MarineLife #seagrass #HABs #brevetoxins #MarineHeatwave #FossilFuels #coast #Australia #degradation

  4. Brewing oceans, brewing storms, making a blooming disaster

    "Over the past year, Australia’s oceans have been hotter than ever before...The continued burning of fossil fuels has caused our atmosphere to warm by approximately 1.2 degrees C since the pre-industrial era....If you change what happens in the oceans, you start to change the whole system...The problem with climate change is we’re hitting that system incredibly hard with extra energy and we’re putting a lot of pressure on the oceans."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/hot
    #FossilFuels #ClimateBreakdown #ocean #FoamAndBlooms #HABs #hypoxia #MarineEcosystems #biodiversity #MassMortalityEvents #GBR #DeadZones #agriculture #RunOff #eutrophication #dumping #pollution #floods #atmosphere #Australia #mobility #cars #acidification

  5. 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."
    >
    abc.net.au/news/2025-07-28/har
    #FossilFuels #pollution #bushfires #floods #runoff #ocean #MarineHeatwave #HABs #DIYDisaster #Biodiversity #MassMortalityEvents #RiskSociety #DeadZones #climatebreakdown

  6. 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.""
    >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #FossilFuels #pollution #runoff #ocean #MarineHeatwave #HABs #DIYDisaster #Biodiversity #MassMortalityEvents #RiskSociety

  7. Ocean temperatures are heating up
    The marine environment is turning into a dead zone
    Fossil fuel projects are still fast tracked

    “Ocean temperatures are heating up. It’s creating conditions that are conducive to algal blooms all around the world."
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    "This bloom represents a stark warning to coastal communities, as well as tourism, seafood and aquaculture industries. It’s a sign of what’s to come, in Australia and around the world, as the oceans warm."
    theconversation.com/like-an-un

    An "ecological and economic disaster. A lot of businesses are going to go down with this...We've got commercial fishermen, aquaculture businesses, tourism businesses that are literally on their knees."
    abc.net.au/news/2025-07-13/alg
    #ocean #FossilFuels #MarineHeatwave #AMOC #HABs #pollution #runoff #hypoxia #toxins #marine #biodiversity #FishKill #Australia #PrimaryIndustries #beach #health #risks #tourism #ClimateBreakdown

    Smelly brown foamy sludge at Sawtell, NSW

  8. @anne_twain @Tooden

    Atlantic coast and Hampton/Seabrook Harbor shellfishing closed due to red tide

    New Hampshire Union Leader
    May 21, 2025

    Officials from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, in coordination with the shellfish industry, have closed New Hampshire's Atlantic coastal waters

    unionleader.com/news/environme

    #AlgalBloom #HABs #ToxicAlgae
    #Climate #OceanTemperature
    #ClimateCatastrophe

  9. So, the waters off the Maine coast have been warming up (it was very warm when I last waded in the waters in May). Seems
    Karenia mikimotoi has appeared here as well. I expect to see it return with warming waters... Also, this article claims it's less toxic that Red Tide (a cousin) -- but from what I just read in the ABC News article, I would disagree with that! @anne_twain @Tooden

    From WHOI:

    "Karenia mikimotoi

    - Globally distributed, can cause mass die-offs of shellfish, crustaceans, echinoderms and fish
    - Karenia mikimotoi produces several toxic compounds, blooms can also lead to anoxic conditions
    - First bloom in Maine occurred in 2017, with a second bloom in 2019
    - Karenia mikimotoi is also found in Massachusetts waters

    "What is Karenia mikimotoi?

    "In recent years, the genus Karenia has made the news in the United States as a result of the massive #RedTides caused by #KareniaBrevis [That's the one I know about]. These blooms have caused widespread fish and wildlife mortalities and impacted public health in Florida leading to significantly disrupted tourism and fisheries industries which have cost local economies millions of dollars in damages on an almost annual basis.

    "Compared to this notorious HAB species, its sister species, Karenia mikimotoi, is less toxic [!!! Ummmm....] but more globally widespread with blooms reported in Ireland, Norway, India, Japan, Korea Australia, South Africa, Alaska, Texas, and the east coast of the U.S. The blooms of this species can stretch many kilometers, persist for multiple months, and reach concentrations of several million algal cells per liter.

    "There have not been confirmed reports of direct impacts to human health by #KareniaMikimotoi, but blooms of this species can cause large-scale mortality events of marine fauna such as shellfish, echinoderms, crustaceans, and fish. Karenia mikimotoi has been shown to produce several toxic compounds as well as reactive oxygen species, but toxicity is highly variable by strain and the factors contributing to mortality events are still not entirely understood. Although overall concentrations of toxins in K. mikimotoi appear to be relatively low, there is evidence that their effect may be enhanced when the cells come into direct contact with fish gills. Anoxic conditions can also occur when K. mikimotoi cells die in large numbers and subsequent breakdown by bacteria deplete oxygen in the surrounding waters. These anoxic events have also contributed to die-offs."

    What is the history of Karenia in the Northeast?

    "Karenia mikimotoi was first isolated from a coastal lagoon near Woods Hole, MA in 1957 and classified at that time as Gyrodinium aureolum. Since this time, large scale blooms of K. mikimotoi appear to be an emerging problem in New England, with the first occurrence in Maine reported in August, 2017. This bloom was concentrated in the Fore River, Portland Harbor, and parts of the Harpswell coastal waters, and coincided with a die-off of softshell clams in Brunswick, ME. This mortality event cost fishermen $250,000, but a direct causal link between the bloom and shellfish mortality was not established. In August 2019 another bloom occurred in Casco Bay, with no mortalities recorded. Karenia mikimotoi is periodically found in Massachusetts waters, usually in the summer and early fall."

    northeasthab.whoi.edu/habs/kar

    #AlgalBloom #HABs #ToxicAlgae
    #Climate #OceanTemperature
    #Extinction #ClimateCatastrophe
    #ELE #ExtinctionLevelEvent

  10. [blogue / rappel]
    «Est-ce qu’on parle du Charles Hudon qui joue au hockey ?
    Est-ce qu’on parle du Charles Hudon qui est bon à l’impro ?
    Est-ce qu’on parle du Charles Hudon qui joue au hockey ?
    Est-ce qu’on parle du Charles Hudon qui est bon à l’impro ?»
    oreilletendue.com/2025/05/25/c
    #ch #hockey #habs #chansonqc #hudon #oreilletendue #sport