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Suddenly, in the distance, a large cloud of smoke bloomed somewhere beyond the destroyed edge of Gaza’s Nuseirat camp.

Oregon officials have pushed back forcefully, flooding their own social media with images of colorful cafe tables, sun-drenched farmers markets, rose gardens in full bloom and parks bursting with children, families and frolicking dogs.

But it was perhaps as a child seeing how her mother's life was transformed through making a success from selling food that planted a seed that would later bloom.

In recent years large blooms of potentially toxic blue-green algae in Lough Neagh – caused in large part by long-term pollution – have grabbed the headlines.

“Certain plants will start to dominate a certain area, and some will be surviving and maybe blooming a little more,” Koons said.