Map shows how fertilizer is choking the Great Lakes

Re:Map shows how fertilizer is choking the Great Lakes by paulcole on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:13PM (#26563154)

Yes the lake looks cleaner from a distance, but this isn’t a good thing.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-lake-mic...

“Clearer is not necessarily better,” said Robert Shuchman, co-director of the Michigan Tech Research Institute. “Clearer water means less phytoplankton in the water column, and they’re the basic building block in the food web. The idea is, the little fish eat algae, and the bigger fish eat the little fish.

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Re:Map shows how fertilizer is choking the Great Lakes by dukeofdoom on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:49PM (#26563396)

The problem is with these claims that they sound good.

Its extrapolating from a little scientific study, or observation to bullshit conclusions.

Has this Journalist even considered that more light reaching further down into the lake, would dramatically increase the area over which plants can grow. Plants that support plankton and fish habitat.

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Re:Map shows how fertilizer is choking the Great Lakes by paulcole on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:58PM (#26563453)

Has your speculative scenario actually happened?

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