If conditions are favourable in the months of June and July—meaning high temperatures accompanied by significant evaporation of surface water, and no rain showers—then you can observe the natural process of salt formation in the various historic salt pans that the island of Curaçao boasts.
Tag: Environmental pollution – Milieuvervuiling
Environmental pollution – Milieuvervuiling
Our failures in design
Not that long ago, all household garbage on Curacao was dumped into the sea, an act deemed acceptable because the sea was seen as this huge endless pit that would take care of our failures. Even today, dumping garbage overboard while underway is still a valid way of cleaning up, on board of ocean going vessels.