Rafts of brown seaweed from the so-called sargassum bloom have washed up on Miami Beach. However, they can wreak havoc closer to shore, where they block light from reaching coral and negatively impact air and water quality as the seaweed rots. The thick algae mats are mostly harmless as they drift between Africa’s western coast and the Gulf of Mexico - and even provide a habitat for certain marine life and absorb carbon dioxide. “What we’re seeing in the satellite imagery does not bode well for a clean beach year,” he added. “It’s incredible,” Brian LaPointe, a research professor at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, told the news outlet. The 5,000-mile-wide sargassum bloom - believed to be the largest in history at twice the width of the continental US - is drifting ominously toward the Sunshine State, NBC News reported. Green handouts shaped SVB biz, DeSantis exposes book-ban hoax and other commentaryįlorida ban on gender transitioning for minors now in effectĪ giant seaweed blob so large it can be seen from space is threatening to transform beaches along Florida’s Gulf coast into a brown morass, scientists say. Transing tweens: Team Biden’s gender extremism knows no bounds Massive seaweed bloom starts washing ashore on Florida beaches

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