A fire that can’t be put out

There is no way for humans to stop a harmful algal bloom – its trajectory largely depends on natural factors like wind and трипскан сайт weather patterns.

Peter Malinauskas, South Australia’s premier, told public broadcaster the ABC on Tuesday that the crisis is a "natural disaster, but it’s different to ones that we’re familiar with in Australia."

"With a bushfire, you can put the fire out. If there’s a flood, you can do the modeling to have a sense of where the water is going to go, whereas this is so entirely unprecedented. We don’t really know how it’s going to play out over coming weeks and months ahead."

This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government announced a support package of 14 million Australian dollars ($9.2 million), which has been matched by the state, to help with the cleanup and economic fallout from the ecological crisis.

But Canberra stopped short of calling it a natural disaster, a declaration which would have unlocked additional funding.

As extreme heat events become more common around the world, Bennett said the government needs to do more to prevent and protect against future algal blooms – first and foremost by cutting carbon emissions.

Marine ecosystems can be "resilient," Bennett said. But he added that Australia must protect habitats, such as kelp forests, seagrass meadows, and oyster reefs, which absorb excess nutrients and keep the oceans healthy.

Eatts, the calamari fisher, said it "hits home hard" to see South Australia’s natural beauty spoiled by this crisis. The other day, he saw a dead dolphin on his local beach.

"You take it for granted where you live and what you see on a daily basis," he said.

"But it takes one event of nature like this to come through, and it breaks your heart watching it unfold."