Australia’s wildfires are leaving behind a huge number of charred plants and a massive amount of ash.
Though Australia is in the midst of a massive drought when the rain inevitably returns this organic matter will rush into rivers and flow into coastal lakes, estuaries, and seagrass and seaweed beds.
The free-flowing silt will get into fish’s gills and block sunlight that seagrass and seaweed beds need for photosynthesis, effectively strangling them.
LINK (via: Hakai Magazine)
