WebMar 13, 2024 · Photo: Pedro Portal ( AP) A floating blob of seaweed 5,000 miles across, spanning nearly the whole width of the Atlantic Ocean, is headed for Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The sargassum algae, a ... WebMar 13, 2024 · TAMPA, Fla. ( WFLA) — Marine scientists are tracking a 5,000-mile-wide seaweed bloom that is so large, it can be seen from space. These sargassum blooms …
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WebMar 14, 2024 · A Giant Blob of Seaweed Is Heading to Florida The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say … WebMar 16, 2024 · Travel A 5,000-Mile-Wide Blob of Seaweed Is Headed for Florida, Threatening Tourism Across the Caribbean The mass of sargassum seaweed stretches from the western coast of Africa to the Gulf... richard sowers
Giant seaweed blob twice the width of the US takes aim at Florida
WebApr 1, 2024 · Newsletter. You’ve likely been hearing it in the media for weeks now: A giant mass of seaweed, some 5,000 miles wide, is headed for Florida, where it will engulf beaches with tons of icky and decaying seaweed, emitting a noxious gas all the while. Inevitably, stories about this massive swath of seaweed tend to call it a blob, stirring up ... WebMar 16, 2024 · Mar 16, 2024, 07:09 AM EDT. A giant blob of brown seaweed may soon settle along swaths of beaches in Florida and across the Gulf of Mexico, scientists warn, fouling popular tourist destinations for months. The seaweed — a type of leafy, floating algae called sargassum — usually spends most of the year bobbing in a 5,000-mile-wide … WebMar 18, 2024 · A giant blob of seaweed twice the width of the continental United States is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, … richard soxman