INQUIRER.net: China seas hit by largest-ever algae bloom

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INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

China seas hit by largest-ever algae bloom Jul 4th 2013, 22:56 BEIJING—The seas off China have been hit by their largest ever growth of algae, ocean officials said, with vast waves of green growth washing onto the shores of the Yellow Sea.   Pictures showed beachgoers swimming and playing in the green tide in the eastern city of Qingdao, while bulldozers shoveled up tons of algae from the sand.   The State Oceanic Administration said on its website that the algae, enteromorpha prolifera, started to appear a week ago and had spread across an area of 28,900 square kilometers (7,500 square miles).   The previous largest bloom was in 2008 when it affected around 13,000 square kilometers, it said.   Qingd... Keep on reading: China seas hit by largest-ever algae bloom Media files: algae-covered-beach-600x400.jpg (image/jpeg)

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