Australia algal bloom- "Dead dolphins stingrays even penguins washing up" Scientist warnings ignored: Video n transcript; CofA25 Heating Planet blog

"Dead dolphins washing up. We've had dead stingrays and even penguins. Scientists had been warning for months and in fact a number of years that aa environmental catastrophe like this was just lurking offshore that this could happen and they weren't really listened to. Guardian Australia Sep 8, 2025 report: South Australia algal bloom shows new criteria for climate disasters needed, Hanson-Young says- Video and transcript:

   

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This is a vital inquiry that is going to 0:03 be looking at uh how on earth this 0:06 deadly toxic algae bloom started in the 0:09 first place and what really needs to be 0:11 done uh in the short, medium and long 0:13 term uh to manage it but also to 0:16 mitigate against it happening again or 0:19 to be devastating uh the community in 0:21 the way that it has. right where I'm 0:24 standing um just uh 50 m away we have 0:27 had uh dead dolphins uh washing up. 0:30 We've had dead stingrays and even 0:32 penguins. Um this still hasn't been 0:35 declared by the prime minister a 0:36 national disaster because uh the 0:39 government says it doesn't fit the 0:41 criteria. Well, we need a new set of 0:44 criteria for climate disasters like 0:46 this. scientists had been warning um for 0:49 months and in fact a number of years 0:51 that aa environmental catastrophe like 0:54 this was just lurking offshore that this 0:57 could happen and uh they weren't really 1:00 listened to. They weren't really taken 1:01 seriously enough. So that's the first 1:03 thing we need to really be listening to 1:05 the science. If this had been on uh the 1:08 northern beaches of Sydney or on Bondi, 1:12 uh would it have taken so long for the 1:14 government to respond? Um, look, 1:16 frankly, I think it probably wouldn't 1:18 have. I think the prime minister would 1:19 have been down there quick smart. 1:21 However, it is unprecedented and that's 1:24 why this inquiry is so essential because 1:27 we really now need to start listening to 1:30 the science, to the community, and to 1:33 the concerns that things like this, a 1:35 disaster like this, a climate disaster, 1:38 could very well happen again, most 1:41 likely will happen again. And we need to 1:43 be much better prepared.