A multi-stressor scenario for the ocean and waterway ecosystems:

* The ocean is 'cooked' by the combustion of fossil fuels.
* Add a generous heap of 'nutrient-rich' floodwaters (runoff) from farms and suburbia.
* Get a harmful algal bloom (HAB) disaster, killing bio-diverse marine life and threatening the hip pocket nerve of coastal dwellers.

"A survey found that Australians remained far more concerned about disasters such as bushfires and flooding than they did HABs, despite 22 million people living with seven kilometres of the coastline and climate change modelling predicting more frequent and severe blooms."

"The study also found Australians had a "relatively low prioritisation of disasters — and HABs in particular — when compared with everyday socio-economic concerns"...Cost of living and healthcare dominated respondents' concerns in Australia, while environmental and climate change-related risks were perceived as less pressing.' >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/sa-harmful-algal-bloom-public-understanding-survey-findings/106833676
#ocean #MarineLife #waterways #Biodiversity #FossilFuels #ClimateDisasters #disasters #MarineHeatwaves #ToxicBlooms #eutrophication #SystemicDisaster #MassMortalities #fish #hypoxia #FishKills #farms #fertiliser #Impervioussurfaces #runoff #pollution #Sewerage #Infrastructure #HipPocket #mindsets

E-mobility as a cost-of-living fix

The Australian hip pocket nerve, not the motivation for a liveable future is forcing some people to take up active mobility without a safe network of walking and cycling infrastructure.
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/fuel-crisis-sydney-commuters-cycling
#FossilFuels #cars #MobilityDesign #walking #cycling #infrastructure #transition ##NoKerbsideChargers Ebikes #HipPocket #climate

Image: Bike on wood chips without a bike rack or cycle path, Bellingen