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Baltic Sea Algae Bloom The Size Of Germany Spreading, Potentially Toxic

Posted: 07-26-10 04:04 PM

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The 30 bottles of pre-French Revolution champagne recently recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea were a pretty awesome find. But the latest thing to show up in the far northern body of water is hardly anything to pop a cork over: a potentially toxic algae bloom covering 377,000 square kilometers, an area larger than all of Germany.

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The 30 bottles of pre-French Revolution champagne recently recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea were a pretty awesome find. But the latest thing to show up in the far northern body of water is ...
The 30 bottles of pre-French Revolution champagne recently recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea were a pretty awesome find. But the latest thing to show up in the far northern body of water is ...
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research   08:51 PM on 7/28/2010
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That's a giant heap of bio fuels!

Somebody scoop it up and make money off it!
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alvdh1   12:29 PM on 7/28/2010
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This is natures way of producing oil for generations inhabiting the Earth 400,000,000 years from now. Sadly, it is the result of nutrient runoff from surrounding farmland and waste treatment facilities.
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themodernleader   08:48 PM on 7/27/2010
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Over-population is a reality. Shortages of everything are coming up everywhere. The air is getting more polluted and hotter to our lungs. Floods and drought run together. Our habit of over-producing will be dealt with severely and unforgivingly by human beings' worst impulses and by indifferent nature antipathetic to life. Only the opportunists, unscrupulous and powerful will prevail. The billions of others will perish or sink into oblivion and decline.
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farmilyman   04:22 PM on 7/27/2010
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Did the Bush family just vacation there?
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LMPE   02:04 PM on 7/27/2010
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How did this happen?
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Matthew Harrold   04:29 PM on 7/27/2010
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Most likely from surface run off from the surrounding land. Normally contains fertilisers from farmland. But there's also the chance it was chemicals dumped directly into the water, or even raw sewage can have that effect. Basically anything that pumps nutrients into water.
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John McAlpin   09:09 PM on 7/27/2010
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Yes, and it took quite a bit to produce this much algae. However, we all know -- because certain infallible people told us so, most likely on Fox -- that we humans cannot possibly have any real effect on the environment. So don't worry your little head about it.
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RudyHaugeneder   12:48 PM on 7/27/2010
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Evolution is telling we humans something. Are you listening to nature's warning? Not a chance.
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BannedNBoston   11:05 AM on 7/27/2010
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The earth is doing fine its just in the process of shaking off a few billion pesky humans.
George Carlin

http://www.eutimes.net/2010/05/toxic-oil-spill-rains-warned-could-destroy-north-america/
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rougebaisers   09:01 PM on 7/26/2010
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The organisms will inherit the earth. They own it now.
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had-enough   07:48 PM on 7/26/2010
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Tony Hayward last seen sailing his yacht in the Baltic!!!!
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BannedNBoston   07:07 PM on 7/26/2010
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Algae looks pretty green

How TOXICITY TESTS are done.
Corexit still being sprayed on land!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B675KLzd0Z4
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ThinkCreeps   06:59 PM on 7/26/2010
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That's a bit odd, given that the baltic sea and germany have almost exactly the same area; so either the baltic is all sludge and slime or someone's getting their countries mixed up.
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HeevenSteven   05:21 PM on 7/26/2010
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Look out for the blob!
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fumes   05:05 PM on 7/26/2010
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algae blooms..

are nature's way of dealing with CO2:

photosynthesis= 6 molecules of water+6 molecules of carbon dioxide --->1 molecule of glucose+6 molecules of oxygen.
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