Scientist challenges Florida agency's stance on red tide

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Sun, Jul. 30, 2006
Scientist challenges Florida agency's stance on red tide
PHIL DAVIS
Associated Press

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. - A scientist is challenging a state report that says there is no clear evidence that toxic red tide is on the rise in the waters off southwest Florida.

"Red tide is more abundant," said Larry Brand, a professor of marine biology at the University of Miami. "You can count on it getting worse."
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Brand said he was able to filter the results and document an increase in nutrients off Florida shores that has fed a 14-fold increase in red tides since the 1950s.

He said the most likely source of the increase is the state's fast-growing human population, who are dumping increasing amounts of sewage, fertilizer and other nutrients into Florida's waters.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/15159725.htm

[xchrom]

1. since we now know that algae and and other toxins

are present in ever greater numbers and amounts in oceans around the world -- what was keeping it away from florida?

[Lochloosa]

2. Katherine Harris?

:shrug:

[xchrom]

3. i hadn't taken that into consideration -- the effect of katherine harris

glaring at red tide with her butt ugly visage?

[ronnie624]

8. Good one! Very funny. n/t

[SlavesandBulldozers]

5. rmemeber that giant dead area in the gulf

wonder whatever happened with that.

[XemaSab]

9. It's still there

:P

[SlavesandBulldozers]

11. lol

:)

[donsu]

10. a recent report said it was now the size of Conn/Rhode Is. combined

nt

[SlavesandBulldozers]

12. damn. nt

[hatrack]

4. Glad to see someone in La Republica Bushista can still say what they think

I hope he's tenured!

[54anickel]

6. Second "brave scientist" story I've read today. Maybe it's a

"truth movement".

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x225821

NASA's leading climate scientist, the same man highly regarded as the leading scientist on climate research, just appeared on 60 Minutes, placing himself in a position to lose his career, saying that officials in the White House are literally re-writing scientific findings on global warming.

He said that has grown weary of being silenced on his findings regarding global warming and that the Bush Administration is actively downplaying the seriousness of global warming and that a former oil lobbyist inside the White House, and who is a lawyer and not a climate scientist, is literally re-writing his reports.

[goforit]

7. LOL!!!! Red tide will confirm Global warming and we can't have that!!