December
21, 2018
Dead fish
float in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Dec.
21, 2018. About 21 tons of fish died in the Rio de Janeiro lagoon, while city
authorities and biologists argue about the cause of the die-off. (AP
Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Residents
of a high-end neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro woke up to the unpleasant smell of
13 tons of rotting dead fish floating in the city's Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.
Biologists
believe that the extreme heat caused
by El Nino killed the fish overnight and caused them to wash ashore Friday.
The
lagoon played host to several events during the 2016 Olympic games and is a
tourist attraction.
Rio's
environment ministry released a statement saying that it has been on alert
since Thursday morning when oxygen levels in the body of water began to fall
sharply.
Biologist
and ecosystem specialist Mario Moscatelli says that he inspects the lagoon
every year and is convinced that climate change is causing temperature
increases.
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