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Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know

Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know

Science Weekly vor 3 Monaten

Ian Sample hears from co-host Madeleine Finlay and from Dr Linda May, a freshwater ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

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The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC has hardly
been out of the news since April when President Trump vowed to have
it renovated, and painted ‘American flag blue’ by 4 July. Despite
the pool being stripped, cleaned, coated and refilled, within days
the algae that has plagued it for decades was back. To find out why
these blooms happen, what makes them so difficult to tackle and
what Trump could try next, Ian Sample hears from co-host Madeleine
Finlay, and from Dr Linda May, a freshwater ecologist at the UK
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.. Help support our independent
journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod