Australia launches emergency relocation of fish as largest river system faces collapse

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:32:07 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/09/plan-to-relocate-fish-as-australias-largest-river-system-faces-ecological-collapse>

"Faced with a looming ferocious summer with little rain forecast, the
New South Wales government has embarked on a Noah’s Ark type operation
to move native fish from the Lower Darling – part of Australia’s most
significant river system – to safe havens before high temperatures
return to the already stressed river basin.

Researchers have warned of other alarming ecological signs that the
Lower Darling River – part of the giant Murray-Darling Basin – is in a
dire state, following last summer’s mass fish kills."

Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "this is what #climatecrisis looks like; wake
up, #australia…"

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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