‘It’s dying in front of our eyes’: how the UK’s largest lake became an ecological disaster
via theguardian.com
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Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh choked by toxic algae The bright, cheery signs dot the shoreline like epistles from another era, a time before the calamity. “Ballyronan marina is a picturesque boating and tourist facility on the shores of Lough Neagh,” says one. “Contours of […]