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Newt Powers
@newtp
South Australia’s algal blooms have devastated marine wildlife. Facing suffocation and cellular death, the record-breaking summer heat wave and excess agricultural pollution paired with the lack of westerly winds have created a bloodbath. Warning: this is scary af and sad. Don’t watch if you don’t like dead fish
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Newt Powers
@newtp
Ine crucial thing I forgot to mention that I’m kicking myself that I didn’t is why the algal blooms are worse with greater heat: “Warmer temperatures prevent water from mixing, allowing algae to grow thicker and faster.” Source: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/why_habs.html
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KING👑
@kingalex
Woah, this is harsh😳
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Maryam🥂
@bigmayy
That’s heartbreaking. Nature’s really paying for human carelessness 💔
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Its_kr
@krtashin.eth
Excellent content ❤️ love watching you
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kripcat.eth
@kripcat.eth
A salient point is that Adelaide sits close to the mouth of the Murray Darling river basin the largest river system in Australia and the source of 1/3 of Australia’s agriculture produce. The Murray Darling is one of the most hydrologically variable river systems in the world. (I.e strong swings between flooding and drought) which has a tendency to exacerbate nutrient runoff from synthetic fertilisers. It’s not the first time this has occurred in the Murray darling. The Menindee fish kill event was particularly stark: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uY4reiK507E It is the first time it’s occurred at such scale, so close to urbanised Australia. Which makes big difference in terms of attention. Time will tell if it will drive any kind of meaningful action. At a bare minimum we need the Murray Darling Basin Authority to allocate far more water to environmental flows, but it’s controversial because agriculture is the lifeblood of the towns along the river.
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Hb🎩🎭👑🐱
@hbeat
Afforestaion needs to be implemented at little cost Agro chemicals production should also be monitored to reduce the concentration of the chemicals...
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Shelby Kira M (KitKat😻🐾)
@shelbykiram
R.I.P. 🪦
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