Why beaches smell like beaches, and why it matters

Why beaches smell like beaches, and why it matters July 1, 2015

 

The Balboa Peninsula, from the air
Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California
(Click to enlarge.)
Some of my very earliest (vague) childhood memories revolve around day-trips with my mother to this place.

 

A fascinating little piece on the essential biology of stinky beaches:

 

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/gives-beach-smell-sulfur-making-algae/

 

Posted from Newport Beach, California

 

 


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