When studying nature, we often focus on predatory relationships. The falcon captures the pigeon, the lion makes dinner of the zebra, the crocodile attacks the gazelle. We’ve seen these episodes play out thousands of times on nature documentaries, in action movies, and even in our own lives. But there are other kinds of relationships in […]
The carbon dioxide we release is absorbed by the Earth’s oceans. But it doesn’t just benignly vanish. It’s eventually released into the water, making the water more acidic. That’s feeding algae blooms and killing some animals. In the Puget Sound, the situation is even worse.
Steve talks with Boston Globe environment reporter Ross Gelbspan about the increase in the number of large algae blooms in oceans around the world. The outbreaks, which can produce such phenomena as red tide, as causing concern among scientists that marine ecosystems may be under great stress.