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The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — the scientific name for the massive mat of floating brown seaweed that annually washes up on beaches around the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and east coast of ...
Back in 2011, scientists noticed a huge blob of brown seaweed called sargassum forming a 5,000-mile belt from West Africa to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico—and has only grown bigger in the ...
A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases.
The Caribbean Current and Antilles branch of the Atlantic North Equatorial Current are the major current transporters of Sargassum in the region. [49] [50] Researchers have recently begun using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite imagery and ocean current data to track and forecast inundation events with a high level of ...
"Exposure to decomposing seaweed can result in difficulty breathing, headaches, nausea, and skin eruptions called 'swimmers’ dermatitis,'” according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Eucheuma, commonly known as sea moss or gusô (/ ɡ u ˈ s ɔː ʔ /), is a rhodophyte seaweed that may vary in color (purple, brown, and green). Eucheuma species are used in the production of carrageenan, an ingredient for cosmetics, food processing, and industrial manufacturing, as well as a food source for people in the Philippines, Caribbean and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. [1]
13 million tons of seaweed are bobbing off the coast as this year’s Great Atlantic Sargassum Bloom sets new records. Seaweed mass expands, reaches record tonnage. Messy Florida beaches ...
Since 2011, seaweed - known as ‘sargassum’ - in Mexico’s Quintana Roo state and across the Caribbean has exploded.Scientists suspect its invasion is related to climate change.