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Alaskan Blob Is an Algae Bloom

Posted July 20, 2009 10:47 AM

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Time.com is running a story on the previously unidentified blob floating off of the coast of Alaska. The article states that the blob is an algae bloom — far less sinister (or exciting) than any The Thing or The Blob comparison that was jokingly made. From the article: '"It's sort of like a swimming pool that hasn't been cleaned in a while." The blob, Konar said, is a microalgae made up of 'billions and billions of individuals.'

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Re: Alaskan Blob Is an Algae Bloom

07/20/2009 11:36 AM

Didn't our very own Ed Weldon already give this info to us? See, we here at CR4 are even faster than the "experts".

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