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Over the next few months, a massive belt of seaweed is projected to make its way closer to Florida and the Caribbean. It's not just an eyesore, either. The seaweed, called sargassum, smells terrible as it rots, and can cause breathing issues for some.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa&#x2...

What is sargassum, and is it harmful to our health? We answer these and other questions about the giant blob of seaweed that's making its way to the U.S. east coast.

A super-swath of brown seaweed is drifting toward Southwest Florida’s beaches, threatening to pile up feet deep in places and stink like rotten eggs.

A super-swath of brown seaweed is drifting toward Southwest Florida’s beaches, threatening to pile up feet deep in places and stink like rotten eggs.

Once it washes ashore, sargassum is a nuisance — a thick, brown algae that carpets beaches, releasing a pungent smell.

WASHINGTON—A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sargassum