Florida's Red Tide

        In the wake of all the nasty storms hitting Florida's coastline, has brought something called the Red Tide which has been a constant struggle for the last 9 months.. The storms brought in a ginormous algae bloom that is killing Florida's marine life. It is said that the Red Tide has spread to over 130 miles of Florida's coast and has killed over 2,000 tons of marine life. This is a huge problem for the environment as well as business owners on the beaches.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 23, 2018 at 6:27 PM

    Wow. Those statistics are very disheartening. I feel as if some sort of action must be taken soon in order to keep the Red Tide from causing even more destruction.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 26, 2018 at 4:08 PM

    This is very upsetting to hear. It is also a unique situation in that this is not a man-made problem killing the marine life, but the environment itself. I would imagine that this also makes it much harder to control and prevent.

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