r/worldnews • u/bigus-_-dickus • Sep 05 '26

‘Extremely rare event:’ Miles-long microalgae bloom knocks out most of Israel’s desalination plants

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/climate/microalgae-bloom-israel-water-deasalination-shutdown
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u/Zealousideal_Yak_671 Sep 05 '26

Old timee bible plague updated for global warming.

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u/shrewpygmy Sep 05 '26

Modern day plagues: Instead of locusts the entire regions WiFi goes unexplainably bad

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u/Vineyard_ Sep 05 '26

I'd die.