AP Archive | Brazilian park lake shocks visitors with green waters due to algal bloom @APArchive | Uploaded 3 days ago | Updated 18 hours ago
(27 Sep 2024)
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Sao Paulo, Brazil - 26 September 2024
1. Various aerials of green lake at Ibirapuera Park
2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Sidney Cardoso, photographer:
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“There's a very big change in the green (of the water) actually. It's something I had never seen. At least I didn't remember seeing the park like this with this green water. We know that when the lake is full it's a very different color.”
3. Swan swimming in the green lake
4. Man in front of the green lake
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Silvia Alves, nutritionist:
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“(We see a difference) in the grass, the water, the lake, both the color and the low water level. The water level has dropped a lot. And this air ends up affecting us a lot, to breathe, I'm a bit more breathless than usual.”
6. Silvia Alves exercising in the park
7. Aerial of green lake and Sao Paulo city in the background
STORYLINE:
A lake in Sao Paulo’s iconic Ibirapuera Park has turned green due to an algal bloom stemming from low water levels amid historic drought and record high temperatures in Brazil.
Parkgoers have noticed the problem for the past two weeks.
Sao Paulo authorities said in a statement on Thursday that the lake's current low level makes it harder for a pump to remove the algae.
It also added that the green color comes from a combination of abundant nutrients, high temperatures, and a lack of rain in the Brazilian metropolis.
Silvia Alves, who often exercises by the lake, said the drought has changed the grass, the color and level of the lake, and the air.
“I'm a bit more breathless than usual,” she said.
Photographer Sidney Cardoso said he had never seen the Ibirapuera Park lake's water look so green.
“We know that when the lake is full it's a very different color,” he said.
AP video shot by Maycron Abade
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(27 Sep 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sao Paulo, Brazil - 26 September 2024
1. Various aerials of green lake at Ibirapuera Park
2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Sidney Cardoso, photographer:
++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS # 1++
“There's a very big change in the green (of the water) actually. It's something I had never seen. At least I didn't remember seeing the park like this with this green water. We know that when the lake is full it's a very different color.”
3. Swan swimming in the green lake
4. Man in front of the green lake
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Silvia Alves, nutritionist:
++PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS # 3 AND 4++
“(We see a difference) in the grass, the water, the lake, both the color and the low water level. The water level has dropped a lot. And this air ends up affecting us a lot, to breathe, I'm a bit more breathless than usual.”
6. Silvia Alves exercising in the park
7. Aerial of green lake and Sao Paulo city in the background
STORYLINE:
A lake in Sao Paulo’s iconic Ibirapuera Park has turned green due to an algal bloom stemming from low water levels amid historic drought and record high temperatures in Brazil.
Parkgoers have noticed the problem for the past two weeks.
Sao Paulo authorities said in a statement on Thursday that the lake's current low level makes it harder for a pump to remove the algae.
It also added that the green color comes from a combination of abundant nutrients, high temperatures, and a lack of rain in the Brazilian metropolis.
Silvia Alves, who often exercises by the lake, said the drought has changed the grass, the color and level of the lake, and the air.
“I'm a bit more breathless than usual,” she said.
Photographer Sidney Cardoso said he had never seen the Ibirapuera Park lake's water look so green.
“We know that when the lake is full it's a very different color,” he said.
AP video shot by Maycron Abade
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