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China’s water supplies threatened by blue-green algae outbreak.
Chaohu Lake is China’s fifth fresh water source, providing fresh water to over 300,000 people and is now being invaded by blue-green algae. Scientists say that, in order to thrive, these algae need a constant temperatures of over 25 degrees Celsius, at least 3 days of direct of sunshine and a lot of nitrogen and phosphorus. And, once again, man is to blame for this natural disaster, because it supplied the lake with the chemicals the algae needed to multiply at an increasing rate. The local area became increasingly polluted after cities became industrialized. The heavy snowfalls that eventually melted and carried the nitrogen and phosphorus into the lake, didn’t help very much either.
So, for the last 4 months the Chinese authorities have been trying to keep the situation under control while locals get involved and try to fish the blue-green algae as they know best. After all their drinking water source is at stake.
June 13, 2008
And I thought my fish tank looked bad when it got infested with blue green algae. This is an ecological disaster!
June 13, 2008
bout the same colour as what made the toxic avenger…
June 16, 2008
What a beautiful vibrant green
June 17, 2008
I wonder if they could make a dye out of it. I think it would make some beautiful clothing.
June 18, 2008
may be; that is one of the emperial’s games.because if china dont have water source, they can be epidemic disaster.so they will become less and no threat for the world.
July 15, 2008
This algae will break out and zombies will rise beware of z-day!!
October 16, 2008
You clearly don’t understand the extent of this problem (writter turkiye excluded). China is one of the most populated countries in the word. This is their water supply! Do you really not see this enormous problem?