“As red tide blooms take over the region’s bays and gulf waters, scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium are leading an initiative to develop new tools to decrease the toxins that are harming marine life and causing respiratory irritation for those visiting local beaches.”
Using clay as follows: This clay mitigation — a process known as clay flocculation — involves spraying the water’s surface with a slurry of modified clay particles and seawater. As the dense clay particles sink, they combine with red tide cells, which kills the cells and can bury them in the sediment on the seafloor, Mote said.
We’re definitely pulling for the scientists to have a breakthrough – red tide mitigation is much-needed.