blue-green
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GUILIN, China—More than a millennium ago, the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu said of Guilin’s landscape, “The river forms a blue-green silk ribbon, the mountains are like jade hairpins.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Satellite images show a visible change in the water between 24 May and 8 August, where a blue-green algal bloom has been confirmed.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Right in the heart of the UK capital, Hyde Park's famous Serpentine lake was closed for swimming on Monday because of high levels of blue-green algae.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Any spell of sunny, settled weather will bring blue-green algae out in force, although the blooms have felt a little slow to start this year.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Tall and fair, with blue-green eyes, sandy hair streaked-by the sun, and a lean and comely body, Gerris Drinkwater had a swagger to him, a confidence bordering on arrogance.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
