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Tourist influx turns Windermere green, researchers say (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A report funded by the UK space agency suggests a link between peak tourist periods and algal blooming at Windermere in the Lake District.

Algal blooming is caused by warm temperatures and nutrients, and can make the water green and toxic.

Campaigners are linking the blooms to discharges of sewage, which although mostly treated, are nutrient-rich.

United Utilities, the local water company, insists its wastewater plants can cope with peak tourist periods.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A report funded by the UK space agency suggests a link between peak tourist periods and algal blooming at Windermere in the Lake District.

He wanted to study whether the blooms are just the inevitable consequence of climate change and hotter, drier summers, or whether human discharges are also playing a role.

With funding from the UK space agency, Map Impact used infrared analysis of satellite images to measure chlorophyll levels over the last five years in Lake Windermere.

Heat is one of the main drivers of algal blooming and though hot summer days are also likely to boost visitor numbers, Mr Flemmings says it has been possible to separate out the two factors.

Barney Cunliffe runs the Michelin starred Gilpin Hotel near the lake and has joined with others in the hospitality industry to raise money for the Save Windermere campaign.

Mr Cunliffe says he's worried that if nothing changes there might be what he calls "a catastrophic event" on the horizon - a massive algal bloom that effectively kills the lake and deals a serious blow to tourism and the local economy.

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