IN THE FIELD: Brown tide, South Shore scourge
The sun broke through the mist and turned an overcast
summer morning on Quantuck Bay into something out of a picture book: blue skies
over waterfront homes with private docks where herons perched.
But something wasn't right. Instead of being clear, the water sloshing
around the dock pilings was a murky olive, thanks to a type of algae known as
brown tide that had...
