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Awesome
July 25th, 2011, 11:33 PM
green algae in the yellow sea
by mike krumboltz

postsemailby mike krumboltz | the upshot – 8 hrs agotweet98emailprintcome on in, the water's . . . Green. In qingdoo, shandong province of china, the coastal waters are covered with algae called enteromopha prolifera. The algae is not poisonous and doesn't affect water quality, but there are concerns about how it may affect local sealife and whether it might spur a drop in tourism. Not everyone, it seems, wants to look like the incredible hulk while swimming.

So, what exactly is going on here? According to cnn, researchers aren't entirely sure what's behind the green invasion. One expert told the network that it's possible that the lush green algae plume may have something to do with "the change in the environment," but is mum when it comes to specifics.

Regardless, the bright green goop has inspired a slew of amazing photographs. In some photos, the algae, which now covers 200 square miles of the yellow sea, looks so thick that it resembles a fairway on a golf course.
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Sage
July 26th, 2011, 03:13 AM
That picture looks fucking nasty.
User Deleted
July 26th, 2011, 03:19 AM
That picture looks fucking nasty.

Yeah, I wonder if it is like poison to people.... I mean if accidentally ingested.
Magus
July 26th, 2011, 03:55 AM
Yeah, I wonder if it is like poison to people.... I mean if accidentally ingested.It's not poison to people. These algae can be used for economical purposes. Sure it deprives fishes from oxygen, but hey, it has other uses.

It can be used as fuel, or bio-compost. Why do people see the bad in everything?
User Deleted
July 26th, 2011, 03:59 AM
It's not poison to people. These algae can be used for economical purposes. Sure it deprives fishes from oxygen, but hey, it has other uses.

It can be used as fuel, or bio-compost. Why do people see the bad in everything?

Because we are pessimists.

hmmm actually if this kept up using it as fuel or something would be a good idea.
Tristin.
July 26th, 2011, 04:05 AM
im gonna be a pessimist and an optmist :D

optomistic view: green and yellow? OMG guys, its a keylime pie :D

pessimistic: poor fish, killed by keylime pie :/
User Deleted
July 26th, 2011, 04:06 AM
im gonna be a pessimist and an optmist :d

optomistic view: Green and yellow? Omg guys, its a keylime pie :d

pessimistic: Poor fish, killed by keylime pie :/


rotfl :p
UnknownError
July 26th, 2011, 07:15 AM
Lol at that constipated baby.
RoseyCadaver
July 26th, 2011, 03:10 PM
It's just a bloom,I'm sure some of the algae will recede,maybe there is an increase in phosphates(a lot of time it does)?Also like Faris said,we could harvest it.It(and most)algae aren't poisonous to us.It has much uses,fertilizer,use it as a dye,and it's edible :3.

Sure it may take some oxygen,but it produces a little also 8D.Besides guys,it's not like it's red tide XD.
User Deleted
July 27th, 2011, 04:54 PM
.Besides guys,it's not like it's red tide XD.
There was a period where our water had something worse than red tide.
afronteboi
July 27th, 2011, 06:33 PM
That's really gross man, imagine if stuff like that started coming tru the taps!
RoseyCadaver
July 27th, 2011, 08:53 PM
That's really gross man, imagine if stuff like that started coming tru the taps!

That is highly unlikely because tap water is filtered so much,saltwater algae differs from freshwater(it could always evolve)so the conditions could be hard for the algae to thrive in our water systems,plus we put a chop load of chemicals in the water,some meant to keep shit like this out.But it would be gross to have algae like that in your tap.