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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOuter Banks Overrun With Seashells Due To Lack Of Tourists
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/outer-banks-obx-seashells-sea-shell-stay-at-home-order-beach/83-3efb9d34-5b53-41b9-b591-e6691ce056c2?fbclid=IwAR0KfmktUVzR239jw8n2cJ1az8JwG__fNKHtRlt3B9IFRIVL4gBZu6lL4vkHARKERS ISLAND, N.C. From crystal clear waters in Venice to decreased pollution in places like New York, the worldwide quarantine is leaving its mark around the world.
Here in North Carolina, some of our Outer Banks beaches look like this.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=261960044841942
That's a post from Cape Lookout's official Facebook account. They're completely overrun with seashells right now.
The tons of shells are there for a simple reason. There are no tourists to come pick them up.
According to the Charlotte Observer, the park facilities are closed right now. But residents are still allowed to visit Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras' seashore.
But tourists pick up so many seashells that the shores will look like that for the foreseeable future.
SWBTATTReg
(22,293 posts)so much carbon, etc. to make their shells, what other minerals, etc. are being scrubbed from the atmosphere, to be used by other critters (non-human)?
Crunchy Frog
(26,725 posts)Blues Heron
(5,958 posts)What your seeing is despite increased CO2 uptake
honest.abe
(8,699 posts)My mother loved seashells and would always pick up a few whenever we went to the beach. Amazing the collective effect of thousands of tourists can have.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)uncle ray
(3,159 posts)i doubt tourists were picking up Hefty sacks full of shells.
msongs
(67,542 posts)JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)In St. Louis. They linked the video from Cape Lookout's official Facebook account, so it's not like this was just some random FB post.
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