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Third place
Rick Loomis The Los Angeles Times
"ALTERED OCEANS"
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The world's oceans are in peril. Runoff
from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. The
'rise of slime,' as one scientist calls it, is killing larger species
and sickening people. In many places some of the most advanced forms
of ocean life are struggling to survive while the most primitive are
thriving and spreading. Fish, corals and marine mammals are dying
while algae, bacteria and jellyfish are growing unchecked. In additon,
we are choking the waters with plastics which do not effectively break
down and are harmful to shore birds and marine mammals. The oceans,
once thought to be so vast we could not do them harm, are suffering
immensely from human impact.
A harmful algae bloom
swept into King Harbor in Redondo Beach, Ca. and caused a massive
fish kill. A few people who came in contact with the water blamed
the bloom for ear infections, flu-like symptoms and other maladies.
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