"Chile's salmon farms losing up to $800 million from algal bloom" by Anthony Esposito, is all about huse algal bloom in Chile. Chile is the second largest salmon export, where they have already lost over 23 million fish and lost over $800 million in production. There are so many dead fish they can fill over 14 Olympic-sized swimming pools! The main cause of these algal blooms are because of El Nino. El Nino causes the water temperature to increase at least 2 - 4 degrees (Celsius) above average. El Nino also brings with it a lack of rain, more sunlight and mild winds. These are all the perfect conditions to which algal appear.
I chose this article because of the title. The very big number caught my attention and the words "losing" right next to it got me hooked. I just had to read what was going on with $800 million and why they were losing it.
This article is important to the environment because this can happen anywhere and just specifically to salmon. Everything and everyone can get effected by it. But this can help us understand what to do and how to prevent it from happening.
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