Just over a year ago, a film crew from a popular morning show arrived on campus to interview me about large-scale algal blooms because there was a related story in the news. They wanted to shoot near a body of water to 'look like we were in the field', so set up their equipment near a small pond by the parking lot. The conversation, more or less, went like this: Reporter: 'Can you dip your hand in the water, maybe play with some lily pads.' Me: 'Huh? Guys, I do marine science, so this pond isn't related to my work and doesn't exactly have anything to do with algal blooms in the ocean.' Reporter: 'Let's get started... So the blooms, they're most likely caused by the sun right?' Me: '
I expect it has more to do with a lot of extra nutrients being emptied into the ocean such as ...
