When you see green waves like this washing up on shore, probably your first thought is: Toxins! Luckily, in the case of this beach near San Diego, this bizarre coloration comes from something harmless.
Miriam from Deep Sea News explains:
There’s a bright green algae bloom making the waves look like they’ve been highlighted with a fluorescent marker. The color is caused by an algae bloom dominated by Tetraselmis, a harmless single-celled flagellate.
via Deep Sea News
Image by Kristina Rebelo, San Diego Union-Tribune
