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A $3.2 million grant will allow a team of researchers led by the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science to develop a sargassum forecasting system.

(CNN) — Florida vacations are back on, sans stinky seaweed.The record-breaking mass of stinky seaweed that began appearing on Florida’s iconic beaches this spring, known as the Great<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/the-huge-blob-of-seaweed-headed-for-florida-has-shrunk-by-75/">Read More</a>

Florida vacations are back on, sans stinky seaweed.

Florida vacations are back on, sans stinky seaweed.

Researchers with the University of South Florida say the worst of sargassum season that spreads from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is behind us.

After months of invading beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean, the University of South Florida issued an update on the nuisance seaweed.

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(CNS): Scientists have discovered that a flesh-eating bacteria is interacting with sargassum and decaying plastic in the ocean, creating the perfect “pathogen” storm that has implications for both marine life and public health.

The massive 5,000-mile blob of sargassum seaweed may be crawling with deadly Vibrio bacteria, scientists have found.

Sargassum in North Sound (file photo) (CNS): Scientists have discovered that a flesh-eating bacteria is interacting with sargassum and decaying plastic in the ocean, creating the perfect “pathogen” storm that has implications for both marine life and public health. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have found that the bacteria might be adapting to plastic and…