A red tide, or harmful algal bloom, is a higher-than-normal concentration of a microscopic alga (plantlike organism). In Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, the species that causes most red tides is Karenia brevis, often abbreviated as K. brevis.
Life in the Trenches. There was nothing glamorous about trench life. World War 1 trenches were dirty, smelly and riddled with disease. For soldiers life in the trenches meant living in fear.In fear of diseases (like cholera and trench foot) and of course, the constant fear of enemy attack. Trench warfare WW1 style is something all participating countries vowed never to repeat and the facts make it easy to see why.or soldiers life in the trenches meant living in fear. In fear of diseases (like cholera and trench foot) and of course, the constant fear of enemy attack. Trench warfare WW1 style is something all participating countries vowed never to repeat and the facts make it easy to see why.
Of the 16 million U.S. soldiers who served in World War Two, only 1.7 million are still alive, leaving an ageing population to tell their stories from D-Day and other campaigns. The World War II veteran recalls his time on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. Ehlers said: 'A lot of kids have not the least idea of what America went through, in other words the tremendous effort that America put into this war'.