Pollution Kills Marine Life, Hurts Economy
Why do enormous clouds of algae grow in the Gulf of Mexico? Each year this phytoplankton bloom, know as red tide, threatens to cripple the Gulf's economy and destroy marine populations. In the latter months of 2012 and through the beginning of 2013, this fear was realized in Southwest Florida. A devastating fifty mile algae bloom appeared from the mouth of Charlotte Harbor up to the mouth of Tampa Bay. Red tide normally occurs in the summer when the stagnant Gulf waters reach near ninety degrees or...
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