Aral Sea’s Eastern Basin Is Dry

Aral Sea’s Eastern Basin Is Dry.

Part of the PROBLEM or the SOLUTION?

Part of the PROBLEM or the SOLUTION? Trying to figure out how to make a positve impact.

Hong Kong Blue Glow a Toxic Bloom

I have never heard of this before. I wonder if it is replacing red tide?
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The Citizen Media

The fluorescent blue glow in the waters off Hong Kong is an algal bloom called Noctiluca scintillans. Photo / AP

Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong’s seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially toxic, marine biologists say.

The glow is an indicator of a harmful algal bloom created by something called Noctiluca scintillans, nicknamed sea sparkle.

It looks like algae and can act like algae. But it’s not quite. It is a single-celled organism that technically can function as both animal and plant.

By Seth Borenstein
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