The state of emergency declared in Greece follows a catastrophic fish die-off attributed to extreme weather conditions, including heatwaves and flooding that devastated Lake Karla's fish population.
Explosive growth of fish after the lake restoration was short-lived; the extreme heat and subsequent rapid water level drop led to widespread suffocation among the fish in Lake Karla.
Initial theories that fish died from entering the sea due to salt exposure were debunked; they were already dead from suffocation when they reached the coast.
The unprecedented scale of this fish die-off raises questions about the adequacy of monitoring systems for environmental changes in ecologically sensitive areas like Lake Karla.
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