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The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already ...
Sargassum hurts ecosystems and economies wherever its overgrown arms reach. And the seaweed is reaching into Florida’s ...
One longtime local charter fisherman doesn't think the Treasure Coast will be affected as bad as the rest of the state.
An estimated 31 million tons of smelly brown seaweed is floating int eh Atlantic this year, experts say, and Florida beaches ...
(CNN) — The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already broken its own size record by millions of tons — and the ...
Sargassum has been spreading across Florida beaches, and as it rots on shore, it emits gases that are harmful to humans and ...
Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...
and in terms of the total amount, we have about 30 million metric tons in the tropical Atlantic and the ... getting back out into the ocean because of the seaweed barrier that's created by sargassum." ...
A record amount of sargassum seaweed is lurking in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of Florida. Sargassum is a yellowish-brown floating macroalgae that crabs, sea turtles, shrimp and other marine ...
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, sargassum contains pelagic species of brown seaweed that originate offshore in the Atlantic Ocean and float on the ocean surface. " ...