How do we know that the algal blooms are the result of the water releases and nutrients?
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. The systems are complex, but regardless if the causes are pollution from the Caloosahatchee or migrating pollution from elsewhere, or if the blooms are encouraged by hurricanes, or warmer water temperatures, we can still trace most of these back to human impacts on the natural system. These causes may be more regional or global, but they are still largely by us. The only thing this uncertainty tells us is that it will not be enough to simply clean up locally or regionally, we must make our efforts part of the larger state, national, and global effort to become better stewards of our natural resources and of our planet in general.
