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Its too early to say for sure whether Florida will get hit by a sargassum bomb this summer but thats been the case during past heavy bloom years.

Its too early to say for sure whether Florida will get hit by a sargassum bomb this summer but thats been the case during past heavy bloom years.

In the wake of the hurricane, researchers at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (CMS) have been hard at work studying the storm’s impacts on the state. From high-resolution modeling to satellite imagery, these snapshots show our teams at work.

Seaweed covers the Atlantic shore in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coas ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.

The record amounts of sargassum blanketing the Atlantic are killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.

Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.

Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and wildlife, choking tourism and releasing noxious gases

Scientists say the possible explanations include a rise in water temperatures due to climate change and nitrogen-laden fertilizer and sewage nourishing the algae.