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When will Florida's red tide end? We asked a scientist
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September 7, 2018
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2:06Now PlayingA red tide — a choking cluster of toxic algae — floating off Florida’s southwest coast has killed 115 manatees, more than 350 sea turtles and hundreds of tons of fish since it began last October.
We asked Richard Bartleson, an ecologist and environmental scientist with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, why this year’s red tide is so bad and when it might end.
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Why red tide isn’t red and other myths about algae blooms
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Produced by:
Nsikan Akpan and Julia Griffin
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Frank Carlson
Devin Pinckard
Colin McLean
Curt Bowen
Charlotte County Sheriff's Office via Storyful
Erin Long via Storyful
Lily Walker and Sarah Tominack of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Dan Werner/AP
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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