Sea of green as algae invasion hits Chinese holiday beaches

LOOK mum… I can do the boggy-paddle. This brave youngster takes a holiday dip in the sea, surrounded by a vast expanse of slimy green algae.

But his swim turns out to be more of a swampy crawl through a forest of seaweed. And he probably didn’t need his armbands to stay afloat.

Despite being harmless, the sudden influx of algae has hit tourism around Qingdao in China’s Shandong province and damaged the local fishing industry.

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