As the 11TH IPC approaches some of us will remember well a misty 5th IPC at Qingdao. And the swimming beach is having a spectacular green alga problem at the moment.
The city is hosting the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, 2014
http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65541
This is the triennial event for marine biodiversity researchers globally, and general Assembly of the International Association of Biological Oceanography (IABO).
Bathing in algae: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-algae-20130708-dto,0,5830494.htmlstory
"For at least the sixth year running, a giant algae bloom has engulfed the waters around this city like a bright green shag carpet mutating uncontrollably. This year's seaweed mass has been measured at about 11,500 square miles - more than twice the area of Los Angeles County. Onshore winds help bring the strands ashore overnight, with some beaches buried under 16 inches of the floss-like flora, known to scientists as Ulva prolifera."
Geoff
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