28 December 2014

Red Tide



This scummy red mess appeared in November.   It is actually some sort of plankton.   When I first saw it I thought someone had dumped some red paint into the river.   Thankfully it disappeared after a day or so.   Apparently caused by low oxygen and high nitrogen in the water and is thought to be attributable to run off from aggressive use of nitrogen fertiliser in farming.

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