For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for a European, salty inland sea that borders nine countries. The answer is the Baltic Sea. A summer heatwave in Moscow has caused a huge amount of algae to form in the Baltic Sea. A bluish-green swirl has spread over a 150,000 square miles. The World’s David Leveille tells us more.
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