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Algae crisis on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Marbella, Mijas and other towns warn of ‘catastrophe’

In an emergency meeting on Thursday, they called on the central government to intervene in the worsening spread of Rugulopteryx okamurae, an invasive Asian seaweed.

Laurence Dollimore
A coalition of mayors from the Costa del Sol and Campo de Gibraltar have warned of an 'environmental catastrophe' due to the growing threat of an invasive algae along southern Spain's beaches. In an emergency meeting on Thursday, they called on t

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