Topic: Sick of swine flu? Toxic algae could be the next big threat

[sam]

With a new theory surfacing that toxic algae rather than asteroids killed the dinosaurs, scientists are still trying to unravel the mystery of what caused a massive algae bloom off the Northwest Coast that left thousands of seabirds dead and may have sickened some surfers and kayakers.

http://www.physorg.com/news180125174.html

[Clive]

"It's definitely a warning sign of something," said Julia Parrish, a professor of aquatic and fishery sciences at the University of Washington. "We don't know what."

    Keep collecting the pay cheque. 

[sam]

exactly, really is some fishy science out there.

[Rik]

But science means knowledge, Sam, so if they don't know, they aren't scientists.

[GillE]

A scientist who admits to not understanding something or even having a theory?

 

You can tell she doesn't work for the Royal Society or IPCC.

[Rik]

Indeed. Not at all subverted...

[Simon]

 

[cavillas]

http://www.physorg.com/news180125174.html

The algae caught swine flu.

[Simon]