It’s a sight that stops Florida boaters and beachgoers in their tracks: a thick green sludge coating the water, smelling of rotten eggs and dead fish.  Ashley Smyth, a coastal biogeochemist at the University of Florida, likens the color and consistency to guacamole. “I used to say pea soup, but... The post Could Shellfish Farming Fix Florida’s Algal Bloom Problem? appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful .