A disturbning menace is invading southwest Florida in the form of a “red tide.” A toxic algae that kills sea turtles, sharks and fish, red tides also threatens the region’s economy. This particular strain called Karenia brevis is present nearly every year off the coast of Florida, but large blooms of it can be devastating to fishermen and tourism. Right now the algae is collecting in an area about 60 miles wide and 100 miles long, about five to 15 miles off St. Petersburg in the south and stretching north to Florida’s Big Bend, where the peninsula ends and the Panhandle begins.
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