Tagged: algea bloom

2:55pm

Thu June 14, 2012
Puget Sound Environment

Algae bloom on Puget Sound 'more intense' this year

Credit Department of Ecology

If you’ve taken a ferry across Puget Sound recently, you may have wondered if someone dumped out cans of tomato soup in the water. Some have worried there's been an oil spill.

Large levels of algae called Noctiluca are visible in Puget Sound and people sailing on the water are noticing. The Washington State Department of Ecology says they are getting more worried calls this year.

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