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#ecosystems

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BellingenNSW

Fossil fuels, Marine heatwaves and Runoff: The bloom pulsates

"Algal blooms are complex, but the prevailing theory is that the 2022-23 floods washed nutrients down the Murray-Darling Basin system and out to sea. A marine heatwave and an “upwelling” of nutrients from the bottom of the ocean combined to create the perfect conditions for Karenia mikimotoi to flourish."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#FoamAndBlooms #FossilFuels #ocean #RangeShift #AlgalBlooms #HABs #neurotoxins #FishKills #MarineLife #wildlife #ecosystems #pollution #floods #MDB

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Ms. Que Banh

I'm attending.

Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
esquimalt.ca/media/file/access

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at engage@victoria.ca.

#CommunityEngagement#CommunityEducation#CommunityPlanning
Stefan F. Wirth

As an #urban #forest in the outskirts of #Berlin with diverse ecosystems, #Grundwald forest boasts a high #biodiversity. Special is the #Teufelsberg area, a #debrispile from #WorldWarII and home to diverse dry forest-#meadow# habitats. However, according to G. Wessolek & A. Toland (2017), the chemical properties of these special #urbansoils have potent and negative impacts on their #ecosystems.

©StefanFWirth 2025

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G. Wessolek & A. Toland (2017)
researchgate.net/publication/3

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©S. F. Wirth

Ms. Que Banh

*I've spoken up about this issue multiple times here, since joining in 2022. My family members were & still are affected by the massive damages caused by #USMilitary invasion. The US government used us as guinea pigs to test out their newer #WeaponsOfMassDestruction.
This doesn't even touch upon the countless USA war munitions still left all across Vietnam. *

The term #ecocide had been coined in the late 1960s to describe the U.S. military’s use of #herbicides like #AgentOrange and incendiary weapons like #napalm to battle #guerrilla forces that used jungles and marshes for cover.

Fifty years later, #Vietnam ’s degraded #ecosystems and #dioxin #contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term #ecological consequences of the #war. Efforts to restore these damaged landscapes and even to assess the long-term harm have been limited.

msn.com/en-us/news/world/agent

www.msn.comMSN
#VietnamWarSurvivors#AsianMastodon#USOwesReparations
O=C=O

With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gear

"We were at a depth of 30 meters (100 feet) this morning and the water was 29C," said Draman, a diving instructor in an area which is experiencing firsthand the rapid #tropicalization of the #Mediterranean Sea.

Encouraged by increasingly warm waters, hundreds of species native to the #RedSea have moved through the #SuezCanal and into the eastern Mediterranean, disrupting #ecosystems, scientists say.

The threat is facing the entire Mediterranean, one of the fastest-warming seas, which this year saw its hottest June and July on #record, figures from the Mercator Ocean International research center show.

Draman, who remembers when the water temperatures were 25C in August in the early 2000s, said he had seen dozens of Red Sea species colonizing the clear waters of #Antalya where surface temperatures reached nearly 32C this week.

phys.org/news/2025-08-32c-medi

#ClimateCrisis
#GlobalHeating

Phys.org · With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gearBy Rémi BANET
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

There's this fascination with what science is discovering about unexpected ecosystems, coupled with dismay at the changes we are causing without intent, thought, or (unfortunately) care. Until it's too late to stop what we are doing, to our own detriment

theguardian.com/world/2025/aug

The Guardian · Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice meltBy Ben Martynoga
#ClimateCrisis#ecosystems#science
Steve Dustcircle 🌹

#NASA #Supercomputer Detects “#Glacial #Flood Unleashes #Marine Bloom” as #Greenland #Ice Melt Sparks Unprecedented Boost in Global #Ocean #Ecosystems

sustainability-times.com/resea

Sustainability Times · NASA Supercomputer Detects "Glacial Flood Unleashes Marine Bloom" as Greenland Ice Melt Sparks Unprecedented Boost in Global Ocean Ecosystems - Sustainability TimesIN A NUTSHELL 🧊 Greenland’s ice sheet loses about 270 billion tons of ice annually, impacting global sea levels. 🌊 Meltwater creates nutrient-rich conditions, boosting phytoplankton growth and affecting the ocean’s food web. 💻 NASA’s ECCO-Darwin model helps study the ecological dynamics of ice melt on marine ecosystems. 🌐 Findings have significant implications for the
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The Bright Side

Doug Tallamy, an entomologist, transformed his 10-acre property in Pennsylvania from an invasive plant-covered hayfield into a thriving forest ecosystem.

With 1,360 documented moth species and 62 breeding bird species, he shows that restoring biodiversity can be attainable! #Wildlife #Ecosystems

Mongabay

Rupestrian grasslands form an ecosystem of extremes: covering a mere 0.8% of Brazil’s territory, they are home to 15% of the nation’s flora.

The list of threats to this mountaintop ecosystem is long, but mining poses the greatest threat.

Conservation units to protect rupestrian grasslands have been set up, while universities are partnering with mining companies to drive restoration projects.

by Letícia Klein
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/scie

Mongabay Environmental News · Scientists & communities rush to save rare, diverse Brazilian grassland ecosystem“When I first saw this vegetation, I thought I was on another planet. It was all so different. … Not just the architecture of the plants, but the entire place. It seemed like a nanoforest.” Geraldo Fernandes was hooked by the spectacular landscape of rupestrian grasslands in 1980 during his studies to become a biologist. […]
#news#mining#ecosystems
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BellingenNSW

The Murray-Darling Basin
A comprehensive evaluation of water reform in the country's largest river system

"Without bold action to recover more water, rivers that sustain life across south-eastern Australia potentially face collapse."

"There's a really important sentence in the opening of their evaluation report where they acknowledge that First Nations had been intentionally excluded from the way water is managed across Australia...First Nations peoples have been here caring for water for 65,000 years."
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abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/mur
#MDB #water #rivers #biodiversity #wildlife #irrigation #extraction #ecosystems #collapse

ABC News · Murray-Darling Basin Plan report card finds water reform workingBy Annie Brown
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