Posted on 06/11/2021 4:46:54 PM PDT by mylife
The gummy blocks of rubber that drifted onto Palm Beach last year may have a history steeped in scuttled blockade runners, naval battles and the scramble for raw materials during World War II.
a man is sitting in the sand: Diane Buhler, founder of the non-profit Friends of Palm Beach, lifts a bale of rubber the washed up in Palm Beach in August 2020.© Kimberly Miller Diane Buhler, founder of the non-profit Friends of Palm Beach, lifts a bale of rubber the washed up in Palm Beach in August 2020. A study published in the April edition of the journal Marine Environmental Research linked similar blocks of layered rubber that washed ashore in Brazil to a German ship that was cut down by U.S. firepower off the country's coast in January 1944.
The study’s authors, including researchers from Brazil's Universidade Federal do Ceará, believe the same shipwreck is the source of the Palm Beach bales — carried by the North Brazil Current into the Caribbean Sea. From there, flotsam can easily flow into the Gulf of Mexico or hitch a ride north in the Gulf Stream, which skims Palm Beach County.
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sorry for the botched post.
good read at link
thanks!
Check out the bee hovering by the Gerber! That mucked up old rubber has something that interests it!
I have lots of bees at my home in Louisiana, and they are curious little things. They always come over to check a person out. My point is, everything seems to interest them. 8>)
“What’s this about, somebody washing rubbers on the beach?
The man made pollution is just out of control, each person contributes several metric tons during their lifetimes and...
Huh?
Oh. Never mind.
I found a rubber in my driveway! disgusting!!
The old Coney Island Whitefish.
My God, It’s full of stars!
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