Toxic algae killing sharks, rays, crabs: "Like a horror movie for fish"
The algae — Karenia mikimotoi — is killing more than 200 species of marine life off the southern coast of Australia, scientists and conservation groups say.
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The algae — Karenia mikimotoi — is killing more than 200 species of marine life off the southern coast of Australia, scientists and conservation groups say.
Officials in Volos, Greece, say the "strong stench along the seafront" from millions of dead fish is killing business.
Nearly 6,000 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico are expected to be severely lacking in oxygen, forcing some marine life out and leaving those that remain to likely die, this summer.
A cleanup effort is underway after tens of thousands of dead fish washed up on the Texas Gulf Coast last weekend. Officials say the fish suffocated because of low oxygen levels in the water. Bryan Frazier, director of the Brazoria County Parks Department in Texas, joined CBS News to talk about the situation.
Officials originally said they believed 3,500 aquatic animals had been killed. With the toll estimated to be more than 12 times that amount, officials say they're unsure how long recovery will take.
Poland and Germany have long been at odds over the disaster.
"Everything points to a manmade catastrophe," one environmental expert tells CBS News, as 100 tons of dead fish are removed from the Oder River.