Sam Andrews @oceanoculus.com · Dec 8 Let's get statistically sea-nificant 🧮 🪦 87,000 The number of dead animals reported to iNaturalist by people in South Australia during a huge harmful algal bloom event. 📷 A harmful algal bloom in the Banter Sea, Germany. Credit Ein Dahmer (CC BY-SA 4.0) 1/2
3 likes 1 replies
?
Replies
Harmful algal blooms occur when algae multiply rapidly, depleting oxygen in the water and releasing toxins. This can suffocate fish, kill marine mammals and birds, and devastate local ecosystems. The 2025 South Australia event became the country’s longest and deadliest on record. 2/2