Posted on 06/24/2010 9:40:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BEIJING (AFP) – A floating expanse of green algae floating off China's eastern seaboard is growing and spreading further along the coast, state-run media has reported.
The algae bloom has expanded by about 50 percent since it was first reported by state media earlier in the week to 320 square kilometres (120 square miles), or about four times the size of Hong Kong island, Xinhua news agency said.
The algae island was previously situated several kilometres off the coast of Shandong province but has expanded southwards to waters off neighbouring Jiangsu, it said in a dispatch late Wednesday.
Algae blooms are typically caused by pollution in China and suck up huge amounts of oxygen needed by marine wildlife to survive and leave a foul stench when they wash up on beaches.
The report, which quoted the State Oceanic Administration, gave no indication how close the algae bloom was to the coast or whether it was moving towards the shore.
Earlier in the week Xinhua said it was drifting toward Shandong, spurring the local branch of the State Oceanic Administration, which monitors marine conditions, to dispatch vessels in a bid to clear the algae.
It had warned that the bloom could threaten marine life and the region's tourism industry.
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or should I say?
growing
We need a moratorium on all algae drilling.
Where is the UN? GreenPeace?
Will that type of algae eat petroleum, I wonder?
Will that type of algae eat petroleum, I wonder?
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If it did, Obama would reject the idea, as he has deliberately rejected all other help — he NEEDS this crisis badly to help his “green” money machine.
Bush’s fault?
Harvest and process for vegetable oil and then make bio-diesel.
Once they find out it tastes vaguely like carp, they'll eat it.
He blamed it on Bush?? Dick Cheney is clearly the culprit here! Cheney and his bloody algae bloom machine!
This is just another BP algae spill. Put the boot on their neck, Salazar.
But...but.. Pres. Obama and Tom Friedman at the NY Times have assured that China is ahead of the curve when it comes to green technology. Surely this must be the work of Halliburton.
Why not swap out the Melamine they are putting in our baby food with this algae, wouldn’t that increase profitability?
You are right, bacteria is the oil eater, ie, “Pseudomonas Putida”
That's an often repeated lie. Algae emit O2. It's bacteria eating the unharvested algae that cause CO2 and oxygen depletion, as well as most methane gas.
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