How animal waste is helping turn China's lakes green

The Guardian

 

                                 Lest we North Americans feel smug, this image shows                                                           one of countless "eutrophied" sloughs in Manitoba,                                                                                              on the Canadian prairies.                                                                                                                           A PinP photo.

    

Animal husbandry is contaminating China's water and has been linked to bright-green lakes, a phenomenon know as eutrophication. More here. 

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