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Toxic Algae Are Turning South Australia’s Coral Reefs Into Underwater Graveyards – and There’s No End in Sight | News Channel 3-12

SOUTH AUSTRALIA, JUL 26 – The bloom has killed about 15,000 animals from over 450 species and left one-third of state waters fishless, severely impacting South Australia's $315 million seafood industry.

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By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — What struck Scott Bennett most were the razor clams. The long saltwater clams, resembling old-fashioned razors, normally burrow into sand to avoid predators. But when Bennett, an ecologist, visited South Australia’s Great Southern Reef last month, he saw thousands of them rotting on the sea floor. “100% of them were dead and wasting away on the bottom,” Bennett told CNN. Since March, a harmful algal bloom, fueled by a …

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Toxic algae are turning South Australia’s coral reefs into underwater graveyards – and there’s no end in sight

The algae have poisoned more than 1,737 square miles of the waters, littering beaches with carcasses and ravaging an area known for its diversity.

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Australia Declares "Natural Disaster" After the Toxic Marine Algas Kill More than 400 Species

Dead fish to swim and desert beaches, this is the scenario in the southern coast of Australia. A sea of toxic algae is suffocating marine life and destroying coastal economy. Authorities and scientists are at maximum alert.

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