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Yes the lake looks cleaner from a distance, but this isn’t a good thing. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-lake-michigan-water-clarity-201801
by paulcole 6y ago
Yes the lake looks cleaner from a distance, but this isn’t a good thing.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-lake-michigan-water-clarity-20180126-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-lake-mic...
“Clearer is not necessarily better,” said Robert Shuchman, co-director of the Michigan Tech Research Institute. “Clearer water means less phytoplankton in the water column, and they’re the basic building block in the food web. The idea is, the little fish eat algae, and the bigger fish eat the little fish.
- dukeofdoom 6y agoThe problem is with these claims that they sound good. Its extrapolating from a little scientific study, or observation to bullshit conclusions. Has this Journalist even considered that more light reaching further down into the lake, would dramatically increase the area over which plants can grow. Plants that support plankton and fish habitat.
- paulcole 6y agoHas your speculative scenario actually happened?