The Red (Tide) Menace
A toxic red tide has blanketed the equivalent of more than 1.3 million soccer fields of sea off eastern China, threatening marine and human life. The tide is caused by plankton reproducing itself in large quantities due to nutrients provided in part by sewage and industrial waste.
—Reuters
It is not just China’s lakes, rivers, and streams that are being choked by a flood of pollutants. China’s ocean waters are also suffering mightily from waves upon waves of toxic and organic pollutants and a growing epidemic of red tides. The problem is particularly acute in the relatively shallow Bohai Sea off northern China. This is one of the world’s busiest waterways, and it is characterized by a very minimal tidal exchange, which ...
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