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Acme Advertising Agency Red Tide Solutions Ellie Bunting [Pick the date]

Introduction

The main issue that we face with red tides is the fact that it's not being addressed or educated on. Red Tide is algae blooms that produce toxins into the water and killing marine life and making it impossible to eat. There are solutions on how to detect or prevent Red tides from spreading quickly. This report will address or propose some solutions or new solutions that local beaches and inland communities should consider. Lastly, a sufficient solution to maintaining a red tide will be recommended in this report.

Place-Based education

When we think about global climate change you wonder how that correlates with red tides. In fact, climate change affects the growth of algae due to water temperature increasing and nutrients from the soil being carried into the water due to heavy rain (Dobson et al.). Plant-Based education is an opportunity where students can learn the effects of global climate change has in their surrounding environment such as local communities. Helping students engage in their surroundings is an excellent way for them to ask questions and take action near local beaches. Incorporating plant-based education into local High school or university can help students contribute to their environment.

Ozone

One solution that can help resolve the red tides is ozone. Ozone is a reactive molecule that kills both the red tide organism while breaking down the toxins that come with it transforming it into harmless by products (Perkins). In order to successfully use ozone without killing off plants and potentially causing tons of toxins to be dumped into the waters, it is to gather water that is infested with red tides into a reasonable size tank and proceed to treat it with ozone. The benefits of taking this measure is to ensure that we are killing to birds with one stone without killing of marine organisms. Using these tanks can put oxygen back into the water because the oxygen levels deplete when red tides are doing their job.

Underwater Vehicle (Glider)

According to Perkins, in August 2018, Weisberg and his colleagues had deposited an underwater glider with sensors to understand what triggers a red tide and how fast spreads. This invention can help us confirm that nearby waters are in fact contaminated by K brevis, which is a common red tide in Florida by collecting samples of water. The glider was able to detect that cold water plays a role in transporting K brevis to coastlines (Perkins). This solution is an excellent idea on how to detect red tides, but it isn’t sufficient enough in helping parts of Florida treat red tide.

Recommendation

Indeed, any solution we use benefits the red tide in a way. From supporting Plant-based education for students to engage in their environment by taking the time to understand what climate change does to red tide. To collecting a large body of water and storing it into a tank that can hold massive amounts of water to treat it with ozone, lastly investing underwater vehicles that can detect red tide by sampling and collecting water. Out of all three solutions, the one that's worth investing is collecting water in a tank and treating in with ozone. The reason why recommending this solution to the local county is so that whenever there's a need, it is a great tool to have in your hands. With Karenia brevis still infecting the Florida waters choosing the right solution can help treat this toxin and change the environment for what it is now due to the red tides (“Toxic algal blooms”).

Works Cited

Dobson, Amy, et al. "Red Tide: Harmful algal blooms and global climate change." The Science Teacher, vol. 87, no. 1, Aug., 2019, p. 35+. Gale In Context: Science, https://link-gale-com.db07.linccweb.org/apps/doc/A594924926/SCIC?u=lincclin_ecc&sid=SCIC&xid=134bfe86. Accessed 14 June 2020.

Perkins, Sid. "Inner Workings: Ramping Up the Fight Against Florida’s Red Tides." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 14, 2019, pp. 6510. ProQuest, http://db07.linccweb.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.db07.linccweb.org/docview/2221233169?accountid=10674, doi: http://dx.doi.org.db07.linccweb.org/10.1073/pnas.1902219116.

“Toxic Algal Blooms Threaten Marine Life along Florida Coastlines.” Edited by AccessScience, LINCCWeb Catalog Search, www-accessscience-com.db07.linccweb.org/content/toxic-algal-blooms-threaten-marine-life-along-Florida-coastlines/BR0821181#.