For China, algae blooms are an issue they have been dealing with for a long time.  In the last 2 years, there has been international coverage of blooms in Wuxi (China’s 3rd largest lake) and Qingdao (right before the Olympics), but the problem is much larger and has a longer history. When covering the issues [...]

Over the last few years, I have been keeping tabs on a number of algae breakouts in China.  Taihu was the Chernobyl of them all as it this lake was a well touristed destination, and the media was able to run with the story.  Later in the year you had 10 tributaries of the Yangtze [...]

Algae blooms in China are becoming a real issue for many bodies of water in China, and solutions are needed. Looking recently into using algae to create energy, which is a very limited technology at this point, I came across another option that may have more practical applications for China.  The Alewife As reported in [...]

Las tyear, the story of Wuxi’s algae blooms was still fresh in everyone’s mind, and 3 weeks ago it was Qingdao’s. The problem is that there have been dozens of other blooms in other locations, and for me one of the things I fear the most is that the water of the Yangtze will see [...]