[Coral-List] Seaweed on Caribbean beaches in the news

[Douglas Fenner]

Caribbean clogged: seaweed invasion takes over beaches.

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/caribbean-clogged-seaweed-invasion-takes-over-125850888537.html

Sargassum.
It says one hotel removed 10,000 tons of seaweed off their beach!  That's a
LOT of seaweed, isn't it?  Killed 42 turtles in Barbados, it says.
Quite a few links in this popular press article.

Cheers,  Doug

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Douglas Fenner
Contractor with Ocean Associates, Inc.
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

phone 1 684 622-7084

Join the International Society for Reef Studies.  Membership includes a
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"belief in climate change is optional, participation is not."

Yet another study finds that reducing carbon emissions saves Americans money

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9053283/clean-energy-efficiency-money

The article has links to 10 other studies that came to the same conclusion.

The governor of Hawaii has signed legislation directing Hawaii's utilities
to generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2045.  Much
of that may come from geothermal.  Tuvalu is already 100% renewable (solar).

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