“When sargassum, a floating macroalgae, reaches the coast, it starts decomposing, creating an oxygen-deprived environment that harms various organisms,” said García. “It mostly affects ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A recent study published in Nature Communications may have identified what drove a tipping point that established the phenomenon ...

Lapointe is talking about a floating seaweed known as sargassum in a region of the Atlantic called the Sargasso Sea. The boundaries of this sea are vague, defined not by landmasses but by five ...

Sargassum is floating macroalgae that has inundated beaches in the Caribbean since 2011, impacting tourism, harming the health of humans and marine life, and costing local governments millions of ...

It is commonly supposed that this area of the Atlantic is so thick with seaweed that ships cannot penetrate it. Although it is indeed strewn with floating Sargassum, it is actually a biological desert ...

A 5,000-mile-long blob of smelly seaweed is on its way to Florida. It's called sargassum, and it's getting bigger because of warming temperatures. More from News A 5,000-mile-long blob of smelly ...

Although it is indeed strewn with floating Sargassum, it is actually a biological desert It is commonly supposed that this area of the Atlantic is so thick with seaweed that ships cannot penetrate it.

Have you ever seen brown or green goo floating on a river or in the ocean ... and examples include the brown seaweeds called sargassum and kelp. Sargassum floats near the water’s surface, while kelp ...