Explainer: what causes algal blooms, and how we can stop them
- Written by Michele Burford, Professor - Australian Rivers Institute, and Dean - Research Infrastructure, Griffith University
Outbreaks of algae have killed up to a million fish in the Murray Darling Basin over the last two weeks. The phenomena of “algae blooms”, when the population of algae in a river rapidly grows and dies, can be devastating to local wildlife, ecosystems and people. But what are algae blooms? What causes them, and can we prevent them?
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