Helicopters are bombing Blekinge's acidic lakes and waterways with 200 tons of lime per day. The work to lime the acidic lakes and waterways in Blekinge began over the weekend. The helicopter flies over treetops and picks up lime from a truck in a field north of Kyrkhult, carrying just over a ton at a time.
The helicopter pilot Håkan Grop said he made 162 lifts in one day. According to limnologist Andreas Jezek, the liming has made a difference, and over the twenty years he has worked on this, they have halved the liming, so nature is doing better now. Jezek says the acidity in the waters is a human-created problem due to acid rain, and the liming aims to help sensitive species like crayfish and freshwater pearl mussels survive.
The liming has made a difference, and over the twenty years he has worked on this, they have halved the liming, so nature is doing better now.
The acidity in the waters is a human-created problem due to acid rain, and the liming aims to help sensitive species like crayfish and freshwater pearl mussels survive.