Everyone knows there are things powerful people don’t want found in The Chesapeake Bay near the growing deoxygenating dead zones from all the nitrogen and phosphorus sprayed there's a global legend about a lake monster reminiscent of our local legend about how there's this growing discolored shadow making the water reddish brown an algae-coiled serpent slippering smells of green salt murk-wrapping snakelike fish-scaled and Loch-long and sunken— like Nessie Call me Chessie the shadow appears louder growing above beneath dark-down below deepsea underneath layers of litter and sea critters flickering around underhanded (probable) political operative bodies floating hidden amidst the pollution, or so they say in the mix of fresh and sea water, there’s blooming algae— Everyone knows there are powerful things in The Chesapeake Bay. “These algal blooms can threaten the health of people, pets, fish, and shellfish. Beachgoers should stay out of the water if they notice discolored or murky water that may have an unusual smell, according to the Virginia Department of Health.” — Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 27 AUG 2021 PRESS RELEASE ”Hampton Roads Faces Harmful Algal Blooms This Week”
ClimateCentral: There are ways to manage the risks of Harmful Algae Blooms
Climate change might make managing harmful algae blooms more complex, but there are ways to mitigate the risks. Long term, global efforts to reduce carbon emissions can slow warming and limit the increase in factors like heat and rainfall that boost the risk of harmful algae blooms. On a local scale, the most manageable factor is reducing nutrient pollution brought into lakes during heavy rain events. Short-term solutions to remediate blooms (such as chemical applications of algaecides) can play a role in reducing risks to human and environmental health.