Smelly seaweed sargassum headed toward Florida, the Caribbean. Why?
A 5,000 mile swath of a smelly seaweed called sargassum could soon blanket beaches in Florida and the Caribbean. What's going on?
Source: azcentral.com
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Meet the sargassum belt, a 5,000-mile-long snake of seaweed circling Florida
Since 2011, a fleet of seaweed patches double the size of the contiguous U.S. has cycled from West Africa to Florida, threatening beaches from Martinique to Miami. This year, it could grow bigger.
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What is sargassum? Here's why seaweed is piling up along Florida beaches : NPR
Since 2011, a fleet of seaweed patches double the size of the contiguous U.S. has cycled from West Africa to Florida, threatening beaches from Martinique to Miami. This year, it could grow bigger.
Source: npr.org
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A massive seaweed blob is headed to Florida — rotten stench included
Currently stretching across most of the Atlantic, the blob is traveling west, and will begin to pile up on beaches in the coming months. Get ready for some rotten egg stench.
Source: sun-sentinel.com
Florida beaches could be covered in record seaweed blob this summer
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.
Source: freep.com