blue-green
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GUILIN, China—More than a millennium ago, the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu said of Guilin’s landscape, “The river forms a blue-green silk ribbon, the mountains are like jade hairpins.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In July 2025, testing found Canvey Lake contained 2.5 million cells of blue-green algae per millilitre, more than 100 times the warning threshold of 20,000 cells.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Any spell of sunny, settled weather will bring blue-green algae out in force, although the blooms have felt a little slow to start this year.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
For one business owner based at Camlough Lake, the return of blue-green algae has had an immediate impact.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Resistance tattoo, faded but still visible, is a blue-green shadow on the skin below his throat.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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