Aussie is stunned! Millions of fish died floating in the river. Poisonous offerings, hot waves, rotten smell, causing villagers to run out of water (clip)
On March 17, the BBC news agency reported that Millions of fish have died in the Darling-Baka River. in the city of Menindi New South Wales Australia Causing a lot of trouble for the residents of the city.
New South Wales river officials say the unnatural event is the result of a series of problematic heatwaves.
Locals say this is the largest fish mortality that Menindi has ever experienced. which used to have a similar incident 3 years ago
The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (DPI) posted on Facebook that The heat wave puts added pressure on systems that have experienced extreme situations of widespread flooding.
Heat waves have become more frequent, more severe and longer-lasting. Today (March 18) temperatures in Menindi rose 41 degrees Celsius, while the world’s temperature has risen by regarding 1.1 degrees Celsius since the industrial age. start up And there is a tendency for the world to continue to warm unless governments around the world reduce emissions.
Menindi resident Grammy McCrap said the millions of fish deaths were “very exaggerated” and warned that residents were expecting more fish deaths. Because rotting fish will reduce the amount of oxygen in the water to less.
The state’s DPI also states that fish deaths It “caused distress to the local community,” according to McCrap. “Can you imagine letting a fish in the kitchen rot? with all doors closed and no air conditioning And then we have millions of fish like that.”
McCrap said that with the impact on the Darling-Baka River, which is the source of water used by regarding 500 locals in the city on a daily basis It is also part of the Murray-Darling River Basin. which is Australia’s largest river network People cannot rely on water from these sources to meet their basic needs. like washing things Including the body once more
New South Wales’ DPI said it would work with federal agencies to deal with the latest events. and discover the root cause of the massive fish deaths.
#Breaking: enormous fish kill in #Menindee outback NSW, a few weeks following 10s of 1000s of fish died – @NSWDPIE_Water at the time said it was due to low dissolved oxygen levels, due to increase in biomass as flood waters recede. Locals say this is worse than the 2018-19 fish kills pic.twitter.com/U31zNRRzIU
— Sara Tomevska (@STomevska) March 17, 2023
