SCOUT· 34%12m·2026-10-14·ScienceSargassum superblooms are choking coastlines around the Atlantic
An unwelcome visitor is arriving on beaches from West Africa to the Caribbean, and Brazil to Florida. It’s brown, it’s stinky, and it’s more abundant than ever: sargassum. This free-floating seaweed has become a major problem for coastal ecosystems, communities, tourism, and infrastructure. So what is fueling the…
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“Phosphates and fertilizers from the US and other nations act as fuel for Sargassum in coastal waters like the Gulf of Mexico, but the global bloom is a combination of agricultural pollution, natural ocean upwelling, and climate-driven circu…”
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