CLEANING UP WITH CLAY—Scientist Mike Henry of the Mote Marine Laboratory sprays clay slurries into Florida’s Sarasota Bay while WHOI Postdoctoral Investigator Mario Sengco and colleagues in the other boat track the dispersal of the plume with water sampling devices. The researchers are investigating the use of natural clays as a potential tool to mitigate harmful algal blooms, or “red tides.” (Jim Cutter, Mote Marine Laboratory.)[back]
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