It is a disaster!

There is currently a mass death of marine animals on the south coast of Australia. The reason is an algae that is widely spreading there. Those affected — including many oyster farmers and fishermen — are bewildered. How did this environmental disaster come about? Marine biologist Dr. Olaf Meynecke warns this could happen even more often in the future.

More and more dead marine animals are washing up on the coast of the state of South Australia Credit: Getty Images/Jose A. Bernat Bacete

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