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Tourists on the beaches of Florida might be in for an unpleasant surprise. Apparently, a massive mass of seaweed formed in the Atlantic Ocean is headed for Florida shores, besides other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The smelly and potentially dangerous seaweed is a variety called sargassum and has been forming large blooms in the Atlantic for years now. However, scientists say that this year's sargassum mass is possibly the largest on record. 

Florida beaches are already receiving hefty batches of brown seaweed, kicking off a year that could break records

A 5,000 mile-long blob of slimy, smelly seaweed is headed for Florida’s beaches on the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s partly because of human activity, including water pollution and climate change.

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

A gargantuan mass of seaweed that formed in the Atlantic Ocean is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump smelly and potentially dangerous heaps across beaches and put a big damper on tourist season.