来自MSN7 个月
6.5 million metric tons of sargassum is heading toward Florida again. What to know
Will sargassum, a brown and smelly seaweed that’s generally unpleasant to be around, once again wash up on the shores of Florida beaches? For researchers, the question isn’t about if but when ...
BBC1 年
Stinky seaweed bloom wider than US heads for Florida
Florida beaches may soon be overrun by massive patches of foul-smelling seaweed. It is the Atlantic sargassum belt, and while not new, it has been growing bigger than ever. This year's belt is ...
Business Insider1 年
Giant seaweed blob floating to Florida can be seen from space
An curved arrow pointing right. A 5,000-mile-long blob of smelly seaweed is on its way to Florida. It's called sargassum, and it's getting bigger because of warming temperatures. More from News A ...
From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars
Scientists in the Caribbean are turning algae that have been choking beaches into biofuel.
Business Insider India1 年
A giant seaweed mass heading for Florida's beaches is full of potentially dangerous ...
This year's 5,000-mile-long Sargassum seaweed bloom along the Caribbean and the Florida coast could be the largest ever recorded, NASA predicts, with much of the seaweed expected to wash ashore in ...
BBC11 个月
Sargassum: The biggest seaweed bloom in the world
Brian Cousin, Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor ... health by providing habitat for sealife Some species of Sargassum - a group of seaweed - live on the ocean's surface, where they attract ...
WFLA News Channel 81 年
Massive seaweed blob begins to wash up in South Florida
Vast mats of sargassum have begun to wash up on the sunny shores of South Florida as the massive seaweed belt twice the width of the United States makes its way toward land. Vast mats of sargassum ...
National Geographic news3 年
Life in the North Atlantic depends on this floating seaweed
Lapointe is talking about a floating seaweed known as sargassum ... BRIAN LAPOINTE, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY During the past few years, sargassum has been making the news not as life-giving ...
MercoPress14 天
Sargassum bloom are ruining Caribbean beaches and tourism season
The 2015 seaweed invasion appears to be a bumper ... Brian Lapointe, a sargassum expert at Florida Atlantic University, says that while the sargassum washing up in normal amounts has long been ...
News4Jax26 天
Adopting a washback sea turtle goes a long way. Here’s how you can do it
(Volusia County) MARINELAND, FL – As storm clouds loom over coastal ... swim out to the line of sargassum seaweed located 50-100 miles offshore. However, fall storms and strong ocean currents ...
News 131 个月
Watch out for sea turtle washbacks on the Brevard coast
Called "washbacks," strong winds are bringing back baby sea turtles on their way to the line of Sargassum seaweed dozens of miles offshore. Officials say there are important steps to take if one ...