System degradation - The Darling River

"The suffocation of up to 30 million fish in western NSW has been described by a scientist as a "canary in the coal mine" for a sick river environment. NSW deputy chief scientist Darren Saunders said the fish deaths were symptomatic of a larger problem.

"The fish are a canary in the coal mine"

"What we found is there's a much broader degradation in the ecosystem in the Darling Baarka. But essentially the environment is sick, the fish are essentially an indicator."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-01/menindee-fish-kill-inquiry-findings-darling-river-health/102803676
#DarlingRiver #Menindee #FishKill #river #NSW #ecosystem #degradation #care #coal #climate #extinction makers

Reefs, sea life stressed as water temps set records :

Rachel Silverstein, the executive director for Miami Waterkeeper, said pollution leaves the bay fragile, increasing risk when high temperatures threaten to push it “over the brink.”
#biscaynebay #coralbleaching #coralreef #DaniellaLevineCava #DERM #fishkill #FIU #KeyBiscayne #MargaretMiller #MiamiWaterkeeper #NOAA #oxygen #pollution #RachelSilverstei

https://kbindependent.org/2023/07/31/reefs-sea-life-stressed-as-water-temps-set-records/

Low water levels and high water temperatures were though to have caused the deaths of nearly 21,000 shovelnose sturgeon along a 60-mile stretch of the Des Moines River in #Iowa from Ottumwa to Farmington. This is the largest fish kill in the region since 2012.
#drought #fishkill #DesMoinesRiver
https://www.wgem.com/2023/07/14/heat-drought-leads-thousands-dead-fish/

Low water levels and high water temperatures were though to have caused the deaths of nearly 21,000 shovelnose sturgeon along a 60-mile stretch of the Des Moines River in Iowa from Ottumwa to Farmington. This is the largest fish kill in the region since 2012.
#drought #fishkill
https://www.wgem.com/2023/07/14/heat-drought-leads-thousands-dead-fish/

Massive #FishKill in #Iraq, due to #drought https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/7/4/photos-dead-fish-wash-up-on-riverbank-in-drought-hit-iraq?sf179823497=1

We are deeply worried about the high temperature and salination levels of #Odra river - the perfect breeding ground for #AlgaeBloom that led to #Fishkill last year.
Together with @Slowik_pl & @Zieloni we have a press brief and a conference on what to do in #Szczecin today. https://t.co/toNtgho8jd

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1671495953193238528

Could the Oder mass fish die-off happen again?

https://www.dw.com/en/could-the-oder-mass-fish-die-off-happen-again/a-65971681?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Bidiversity #FishKill #Nutrients #AlgaeBloom #WaterPollution #Coalmines

Why thousands of fish washed up on these Texas beaches

by Juliana Kim, June 12, 20233:43 PM ET

"How #ClimateChange plays a role in fish kill

"Fish kills are common in the warmer months, like summer time. But oceans at large are heating up because of human-caused climate change.

"'Water can only hold so much oxygen at certain temperatures, and certainly we know that seawater temperatures are rising,' Clair said. 'It is concerning and something that needs to be monitored.'

"Warmer oceans trigger a cascade of other changes to the ecosystem and the economy. One study from the SeaDoc Society at the University of California, Davis found that starfish were more susceptible to disease because of warm water anomalies. The Environmental Protection Agency also found that fish species are leaving their natural habitat in search for cooler waters, disrupting the fishing industry."

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/12/1181661320/fish-kill-texas-beaches-explained

#ClimateCrisis #FishKill #Texas #Oceans #OceanWarming

This story is all over the news in the last couple days, but every article I’ve read has omitted one very important fact.

#DowChemicals has one of the largest chemical factories in the United States at the mouth of the #BrazosRiver, at the epicenter of this #FishKill.

According to their own information they go through over 100,000 gallons of water a minute.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/10/us/dead-fish-texas-gulf-coast-beaches-trnd/index.html

The stories, all over the news, the last couple days, but every article I’ve written, has admitted one very important fact.

#DowChemicals has one of the largest chemical factories in the United States at the mouth of the #BrazosRiver, at the epicenter of this #FishKill.

According to their own information they go through over 100,000 gallons of water a minute.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/10/us/dead-fish-texas-gulf-coast-beaches-trnd/index.html

RT @ecobearwitness
Australia: Menindee #FishKill incident highlights environmental degradation: World Socialist Web Site https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/05/lhao-m05.html #EnvironmentalDegredation

MORE w/ EcoSearch: https://bigearth-data.com/go/2ms8le2j

With thanks to the Roy Geog Soc Qld, I'll be talking about the social life of Australian nature and the case of Barka/Darling River ecocide on Tues May 2. In person in Brisbane and via Zoom (also recorded for later) https://www.rgsq.org.au/event-5246498 #Menindee #fishkill #hydrosocial

If you teach about the social life of water, this brilliant 18 min conversation btwn Clint Jasper and @suejackson is your friend. #Menindee #fishkill #hydrosocial #place #geography

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/countrybreakfast/features/102136852

#BritishColumbia #HighwayContractor has been #fined $1 million after #ChemicalSpill from West #Vancouver job site led to a #FishKill on #LarsonCreek .
#KellerFoundations pleaded #guilty to one count under #FederalFisheriesAct & was #sentenced in #NorthVancouver Provincial #Court on Friday.
The company had been hired by #BCgovernment #MinistryOfTransportationAndInfrastructure to do concrete work on an overpass near #HorseshoeBay

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/highway-contractor-fined-1m-for-west-vancouver-fish-kill-6721581

#StopEcocide #CorporateGreed #GreedKills

Well, it looks like my little part of the world made international news again, and not for a good reason.

#SWFL #NaplesFL #RedTide #FishKill #FloridaWildlife #Florida #SeaLife #Grouper

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/florida-beaches-red-tide-fish-b2294092.html

Florida - Cape Coral residents bothered by strange smell stemming from hundreds of dead fish in canals - NBC2 News
#Florida #Fishkill

https://nbc-2.com/news/environment/2023/01/03/cape-coral-residents-bothered-by-strange-smell-stemming-from-hundreds-of-dead-fish/

Authorities investigate fish kill event on Sydney's north shore. Authorities are investigating how scores of dead fish and #eels came to be washed up in foam on the banks of a Sydney creek, close to the site of a major industrial fire. Flat Rock Gully is classified as a #wildlife protection area because of the habitat it provides to a wide range of small birds, reptiles, and frogs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/fish-kill-event-on-sydney-north-shore-after-nearby-fire/101741290
#fishkill Flat Rock Gully Creek #fire #pollution firefighting waste facility

Good coverage of the #SFEstuary #FishKill and its aftermath. The #fish of #SFBay need better protection from our unsustainable diversion of fresh #water and disposal of #wastewater.

#sturgeon
#cawater

http://nbcbay.com/LBdNbbj

Good coverage of the #SFEstuary #FishKill and its aftermath. The #fish of #SFBay need better protection from our unsustainable diversion of fresh #water and disposal of #wastewater.

#sturgeon
#cawater

http://nbcbay.com/LBdNbbj

RT @BrockmannCon: 🔵🟢@BBCBreaking reported on the #Oder #fishkill. Our results based on #Sentinel-2 #satellite data are also included in this article:

➡️https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62688036

@Rsc4Earth @LeibnizIGB @t_goldhammer
#OderFishkill #Odra #OderPoisining #waterquality

@CopernicusEU @ESA_EO

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1564211537501356032