Ocean temperatures are heating up
The marine environment is turning into a dead zone
And fossil fuel projects are still fast tracked
"The wetlands had degraded over a long period of time, with barrages (structures that control water flow) added in the 1950s, higher nutrient loads and extended periods of reduced flow from the Murray... The recent drought and unusual algal blooms had been “eye openers” to many people."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/15/deadly-algal-bloom-in-south-australias-coorong-an-environmental-eye-opener-ecologist-says
#FossilFuels #pollution #runoff #ocean #MarineHeatwave #HABs #toxins #hypoxia #deadzone #ClimateDisruption #FishKill #RAMSAR #wetland #Coorong #Australia
Marine life cooked in a hot ocean
"The Coorong is a Ramsar-listed wetland known for its global importance as a breeding site for pelicans and migratory birds.the water had a strange reddish-pink colour, and in places was full of dead or dying creatures."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/dead-marine-life-algae-bloom-found-in-coorong-sa/105370710
#HotOcean #FishKill #FossilFuels #runoff #floods #runoff #AlgalBloom #Ramsar #Coorong
The Magic Beach (book) Animation (2025)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/13/magic-beach-movie-film-picture-book-animation
(See also Tim Winton’s book Blueback also filmed (2022) by Robert Connolly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwv5DuCgZcI
& 1976 Storm Boy movie based on Colin Thiele’s book set in the #Coorong about Mr Percival the #Pelican )
#art #illustration #animation #film #BobConnolly #picturebook
#AlisonLester #Walkerville #MariekaWalsh #PierceDavison
Have you ever heard of the Birdman of the Coorong?
You're no doubt familiar with the exploits of other notorious bushrangers, such as Ned Kelly, Ben Hall, and Captain Thunderbolt, but this ostrich-riding felon is less etched into our national psyche.
Discover the story of the Birdman of the Coorong… https://ausgeo.co/birdman
📷 Meningie Progress Association
#ausgeo #australia #history #seeaustralia #bushranger #australiana #coorong #birdmanofthecoorong #timtheyowieman #bird #birds #ostrich
#history #histodon
Dredging for Water Flows
#BirdsOfMastodon
#Pelicans & great crested #grebe, one of many species flocking to the #Coorong. (Photo: Canoe the Coorong )
Dredgers at the River Murray mouth were halted for the first time in six years when floodwaters arrived in 2022. But now they're back in action in what irrigators and scientists see as an unfortunate necessity in this unique ecosystem.
Fish return to Coorong after River Murray's salt-flushing flood. As thousands of dead #carp and bony bream continue washing up on Fleurieu Peninsula beaches, new life is appearing in the #Coorong and Lower Lakes as River #Murray #flooding flushes out water once too salty for fish to survive.
As thousands of dead carp and bony bream continue washing up on Fleurieu Peninsula beaches, new life is appearing in the Coorong and Lower Lakes as River Murray flooding flushes out water once too salty for fish to survive. Watch the video
Whiskers 🇦🇺
NSW.Biodiversity
Peter Riley
Australian Geographic
Mojo ♻️
Dr Manu Saunders