‘Like an underwater bushfire’: SA’s marine algal bloom is still killing almost everything in its path

Deadly algal bloom in South Australia’s Coorong an environmental ‘eye opener’, ecologist says

Among the dead in the internationally significant wetland are estuarine snails, shore crabs, baby flounder and ‘a thick stew of polychaete worms’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen South Australia’s algal bloom arrived in the Coorong, it stained the water like strong tea before turning it into a slurry of dead worms.Many had hoped the storm in late May would break up the bloom of Karenia mikimotoi algae, which has kil…

‘Like an underwater bushfire’: SA’s marine algal bloom is still killing almost everything in its path

The algal bloom in SA is a warning to coastal communities, as well as tourism, seafood and aquaculture industries. It’s a sign of what’s to come as the oceans warm.