November 11, 2009
Lake Atitlan, Ecological disaster

Friend ALonso Mendez just sent a dispatch from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, where in the last 20 days an enormous "algae bloom" (actuallu mats of cyanobacteria) has covered much of the lake. It is a problem that has been coming for a long time, due to human sewage problems and neglect and corruption among the officials charged with improving the treatment plants.

Guatemala News | Guatemalas Lake Atitlan disaster, the explanation

Posted by Dave at November 11, 2009 10:17 PM