The current algal bloom is not an isolated or random event. It is a direct manifestation of the climate crisis - driven primarily by the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels - coal oil and gas – and compounded by legacy land and water management issues. Fossil fuels are supercharging climate change, which in turn is intensifying the floods, upwellings and marine heatwaves that fuel blooms of this magnitude.
In this submission to the Senate Inquiry into the SA Algal Bloom, Conservation Council SA outlines the key issues arising from investigations into South Australia's 2025 major algal bloom.