#karenia — Public Fediverse posts

A harmful #AlgalBloom is reported to have been devastating #sealife in #SouthAustralia:
https://greatsouthernreef.com/2025-algal-bloom
#GreatSouthernReef #Karenia #seadragon #ocean #Australia

#karenia #algalbloom #coorong #extinction #australia #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-17/karenia-algal-bloom-leaves-coorong-on-the-brink/105528174

#NASA #scientists test new tool for tracking #AlgalBlooms https://phys.org/news/2023-09-nasa-scientists-tool-tracking-algal.html

First Light Demonstration of Red Solar Induced #Fluorescence for #HarmfulAlgalBlooms Monitoring https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL101715

"#space-based instrument #TROPOMI was able to peer through thin #clouds to uncover powerful clues about #Karenia brevis... K. brevis events are especially concerning because the #algae produce a potent #neurotoxin that in high concentrations can cause massive #fish kills and poison #MarineLife."

On the first day of their summer internships, undergrads Aly and Nina are heading out on the R/V Weatherbird II for the #GoMeTS cruise studying harmful algal blooms #USFCMS #Florida #ocean #oceanography #research #dinoflagellate #Karenia #HAB