Massive waves of algae bloom affecting resorts in the Yucatan area..

[sprinkleeninow]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-waves-of-toxic-seaweed-sargassum-inundate-yucatan-shorelines/

[sakabatou]

1. K&R for exposure

[sprinkleeninow]

2. Nice, huh? What 'stewards' of our planet have wreaked. 💔

And the female expert in this segment says she believes it's from gigantic amounts of fertilizer runoff in the water due to erosion from the rainforest deforestation.

A number of things are pointing to.....

[Wounded Bear]

3. Maybe if they have to start closing down all the high end resorts...

we'll actually see some action on climate change.

If it's not already too late.

[sprinkleeninow]

4. It's been put into motion. I do have trepidation. eom

[KY_EnviroGuy]

5. "This is just a consequence of the entire planet being in trouble."

(from the article)

Nuf sed..........

[sprinkleeninow]

11. Nature is in rebellion. Who can blame it? n/t

[a la izquierda]

6. I was down there in June...

it was pretty awful. You could see it from the plane while approaching Cancun.

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[malaise]

7. We went to one of our St Catherine beaches yesterday - Fort Clarence

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and the Sargassum seaweed was everywhere. It has inundated most of our beaches - east, west, north and south.

There were bags and bags that the workers had raked up before we got there and it was still coming. We chilled out under a tree drinking beer and having a good time but very few folks were in the water. About three hours later we headed to a restaurant overlooking the sea about two miles down the coast and the effin' seaweed lined that beach as well.

The good news is that it is harmless to humans but it sure messes up the lives of sea creatures, reefs etc. and the smell -yuck!
The tourist industry across the region is suffering from this big time

[sprinkleeninow]

12. The news item says it gets removed as best as possible. Soon after, it's back.

[malaise]

19. Maybe the climate change doubters will observe that

it not there during the winter months - maybe just maybe the oceans and seas are overheating

[kentuck]

9. The waters in the Gulf of Mexico have reached 90 degrees this year...

The water is sick.

[sprinkleeninow]

13. Much is affected presently with 'sickness'. One particularly garish

specimen of sick is squatting in the offal office.

[jcgoldie]

10. we were there in Puerto Morelos at New Years

The article says that the sorgassum is blooming March to September now... but we saw the beach covered with it and the trucks hauling it off each day even in the middle of winter. This is what enrages me about the issue of climate change more than any other. These asshole rednecks can say "if you don't like America, get out" all they want but there is nowhere on the planet to escape their policies of corporate greed and environmental destruction.

[sprinkleeninow]

15. Numerous other issues are 'hinged' on the climate change emergency.

I don't reside in Washington State; nonetheless, I'm particularly fond of Gov. Jay Inslee and his strong stance/activity on climate.

[dalton99a]

14. And the smell will fuck up the tourist trade

[ProudLib72]

16. Article says the sargassum contains lead and arsenic

I googled around and found out that sargassum is good at absorbing heavy metals. That's the good news: it is actually cleaning the ocean. The bad news is we need to figure out how to deal with it once it washes up on the beach.

[sprinkleeninow]

17. The clip explained that they're dumping it far inside remote forest.

They can't bury it beneath the beaches which is illegal. It's a mind boggling mess.

[ProudLib72]

18. Yes, they dump it in the forest, but no one is sure what happens after that

No one has studied what happens to the heavy metals. Meanwhile, some people are making bricks out of the sargassum and building houses with them!