China’s beautiful beaches have once again turned a vivid shade of green – not that this seems to have put off beach-goers.
The algal bloom has resulted in a gigantic blanket of algae hundreds of kilometres long smothering much of China’s Yellow Sea coast, the third such mega-bloom in the last 5 years.
The same region suffered a similar bloom in 2008 – much to the embarrassment of Chinese authorities, as it nearly ruined the marine elements of the 2008 Olympics:
The algae itself is not generally considered directly dangerous to humans (though whether the same can be said for Chinese beaches is quite another matter), but does have a devastating effect on other marine life.
Whilst a natural phenomenon which regularly affects seas the world over, the increasing frequency and severity of the blooms is widely considered to be tied to vast quantities of fertilisers, sewage and industrial effluent China dumps into its surrounding seas.
This is what I’ll do on my next vacay
barely any sand and all soil… maybe that’s why these green stuff is everywhere
bukkake no gojira
Why the f♥♥k are they trying to remove it!? the reason its happening is because of nitrates being leaked into the water systems, they have no fucking clue. The fact that this happening at the beach says they are releasing a whole lot of it! It normally only happens in lakes and ponds. But they 100kms of it!
pic 15, for a sec it seemed like a men cut in half with his intestines exposed lol.