A Green Olympics

[shamaal]

China's coast is experiencing an algae bloom just in time for the olypic yachting regatta. They are feverishly attemt to collect the goo.

BEIJING: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.

Local officials have initiated an all-out effort to clean up the algae by mid-July. Media reports estimate that as many as 20,000 people have either volunteered or been ordered to participate in the operation, while 1,000 boats are scooping algae out of the Yellow Sea. The official news agency, Xinhua, reported that algae currently covered a third of the coastal waters designated for the Olympic races.

Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea - International Herald Tribune

[briwayjones]

I vote for a new Olympic sport. See who can collect the most Algae in a given amount of time.