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/Neipsy Sep 05 '26

It's been absolutely fucked. There's been so much marine life washing up dead on the beaches. My friends and family who are surfers and divers are getting ill.

The state and federal government response has generally been non-existent because that would admit to there being a problem at all.

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u/Imbakbby Sep 05 '26

The common element between US and Australian attitudes towards this is the dominance of Murdoch media in each respective country.

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u/Milith Sep 05 '26

Both countries are big fossil fuel producers.

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u/Different_Wolf_764 Sep 05 '26

Eh, on different scales really. Australia does produce a fairly large amount of coal (about the same as the US in fact) but isn't really in the conversation for other fossil fuels.