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(NEXSTAR) – Blobs of seaweed amassing in the Atlantic Ocean grew to a collective 5.5 million tons last month, an increase over the record-breaking quantity reached in December. The vast majority of ...

Brian Lapointe, an algae bloom expert at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, is deep into his research on to to best dispose of large sargassum mats landing on Florida ...

MIAMI -- A gargantuan mass of seaweed that formed in the Atlantic Ocean is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump smelly and ...

Just over a year ago, several Florida beaches w e re inundated by a smelly, irritating seaweed known as sargassum. Will the same thing happen in 2024? The University of South Florida reported earlier ...

Sargassum, which is a macro algae releases hydrogen sulfide and ammonia when it breaks down, giving off a rotten egg smell ...

Planned dives for NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer off Puerto Rico had to be canceled due to sargassum in 2022. John Calipari, Dan Hurley among latest college coaches to rip NCAA over James Nnaji addition: ...

A network of social media groups, websites, and government pages helps track sargassum levels on beaches. Predicting future sargassum conditions is difficult, frustrating tourists planning trips in ...

If you've never heard of sargassum, you may live too far inland to be aware of the invasive plant. That's because this seaweed has become the bane of existence for many along Florida's southern ...

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