#sargassum — Public Fediverse posts
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Complex world. #Sargassum is a huge ecologic and economic problem in coastal regions (especially Mexico).
But this huge amount of floating seagrass is also a sign that nature adapts. Somehow."while acknowledging its onshore harms, some researchers are now recognizing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt as a significant new habitat for marine life in the open ocean, and a valuable carbon sink for the planet." ... “the largest interconnected floating biome on Earth.”
"There could, in other words, be a policy sweet spot, in which beaches and coastal ecosystems are protected by commercially sustainable harvesting, while the species-sheltering belt in the open ocean persists."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sargassum-belt
@DoomsdaysCW (tagging you because you posted about #sargasso)
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Complex world. #Sargassum is a huge ecologic and economic problem in coastal regions (especially Mexico).
But this huge amount of floating seagrass is also a sign that nature adapts. Somehow."while acknowledging its onshore harms, some researchers are now recognizing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt as a significant new habitat for marine life in the open ocean, and a valuable carbon sink for the planet." ... “the largest interconnected floating biome on Earth.”
"There could, in other words, be a policy sweet spot, in which beaches and coastal ecosystems are protected by commercially sustainable harvesting, while the species-sheltering belt in the open ocean persists."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sargassum-belt
@DoomsdaysCW (tagging you because you posted about #sargasso)
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Complex world. #Sargassum is a huge ecologic and economic problem in coastal regions (especially Mexico).
But this huge amount of floating seagrass is also a sign that nature adapts. Somehow."while acknowledging its onshore harms, some researchers are now recognizing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt as a significant new habitat for marine life in the open ocean, and a valuable carbon sink for the planet." ... “the largest interconnected floating biome on Earth.”
"There could, in other words, be a policy sweet spot, in which beaches and coastal ecosystems are protected by commercially sustainable harvesting, while the species-sheltering belt in the open ocean persists."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sargassum-belt
@DoomsdaysCW (tagging you because you posted about #sargasso)
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Complex world. #Sargassum is a huge ecologic and economic problem in coastal regions (especially Mexico).
But this huge amount of floating seagrass is also a sign that nature adapts. Somehow."while acknowledging its onshore harms, some researchers are now recognizing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt as a significant new habitat for marine life in the open ocean, and a valuable carbon sink for the planet." ... “the largest interconnected floating biome on Earth.”
"There could, in other words, be a policy sweet spot, in which beaches and coastal ecosystems are protected by commercially sustainable harvesting, while the species-sheltering belt in the open ocean persists."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sargassum-belt
@DoomsdaysCW (tagging you because you posted about #sargasso)
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Complex world. #Sargassum is a huge ecologic and economic problem in coastal regions (especially Mexico).
But this huge amount of floating seagrass is also a sign that nature adapts. Somehow."while acknowledging its onshore harms, some researchers are now recognizing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt as a significant new habitat for marine life in the open ocean, and a valuable carbon sink for the planet." ... “the largest interconnected floating biome on Earth.”
"There could, in other words, be a policy sweet spot, in which beaches and coastal ecosystems are protected by commercially sustainable harvesting, while the species-sheltering belt in the open ocean persists."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sargassum-belt
@DoomsdaysCW (tagging you because you posted about #sargasso)
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#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #Sargassum #seaweed
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Warming oceans fuel the spread of Sargassum, a floating seaweed that grows rapidly. It’s escaped its native habitat and is growing huge swaths around the Atlantic and Caribbean. When it dumps on shore, it releases sulfiric fumes that smell terrible and the seaweed itself contains toxic heavy metals.
There are now numerous startups to explore it for carbon sequestration, bio-plastics/construction material, fertilizer, cosmetics…
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#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #Sargassum #seaweed
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Warming oceans fuel the spread of Sargassum, a floating seaweed that grows rapidly. It’s escaped its native habitat and is growing huge swaths around the Atlantic and Caribbean. When it dumps on shore, it releases sulfiric fumes that smell terrible and the seaweed itself contains toxic heavy metals.
There are now numerous startups to explore it for carbon sequestration, bio-plastics/construction material, fertilizer, cosmetics…
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#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #Sargassum #seaweed
1/2🧵
Warming oceans fuel the spread of Sargassum, a floating seaweed that grows rapidly. It’s escaped its native habitat and is growing huge swaths around the Atlantic and Caribbean. When it dumps on shore, it releases sulfiric fumes that smell terrible and the seaweed itself contains toxic heavy metals.
There are now numerous startups to explore it for carbon sequestration, bio-plastics/construction material, fertilizer, cosmetics…
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#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #Sargassum #seaweed
1/2🧵
Warming oceans fuel the spread of Sargassum, a floating seaweed that grows rapidly. It’s escaped its native habitat and is growing huge swaths around the Atlantic and Caribbean. When it dumps on shore, it releases sulfiric fumes that smell terrible and the seaweed itself contains toxic heavy metals.
There are now numerous startups to explore it for carbon sequestration, bio-plastics/construction material, fertilizer, cosmetics…
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#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #Sargassum #seaweed
1/2🧵
Warming oceans fuel the spread of Sargassum, a floating seaweed that grows rapidly. It’s escaped its native habitat and is growing huge swaths around the Atlantic and Caribbean. When it dumps on shore, it releases sulfiric fumes that smell terrible and the seaweed itself contains toxic heavy metals.
There are now numerous startups to explore it for carbon sequestration, bio-plastics/construction material, fertilizer, cosmetics…
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#Mexico to unveil #sargassum plan as crisis worsens in #Caribbean
Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
By Mar Puig, UPI
Published Jul 30, 2026Excerpt: "Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
"According to La Nación, which cited Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor in the University of South Florida College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, those factors have fueled the accelerated growth of the #macroalgae in the tropical Atlantic. "
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SargassoSea #RisingOceanTemperatures
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#Mexico to unveil #sargassum plan as crisis worsens in #Caribbean
Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
By Mar Puig, UPI
Published Jul 30, 2026Excerpt: "Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
"According to La Nación, which cited Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor in the University of South Florida College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, those factors have fueled the accelerated growth of the #macroalgae in the tropical Atlantic. "
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SargassoSea #RisingOceanTemperatures
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#Mexico to unveil #sargassum plan as crisis worsens in #Caribbean
Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
By Mar Puig, UPI
Published Jul 30, 2026Excerpt: "Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
"According to La Nación, which cited Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor in the University of South Florida College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, those factors have fueled the accelerated growth of the #macroalgae in the tropical Atlantic. "
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SargassoSea #RisingOceanTemperatures
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#Mexico to unveil #sargassum plan as crisis worsens in #Caribbean
Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
By Mar Puig, UPI
Published Jul 30, 2026Excerpt: "Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
"According to La Nación, which cited Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor in the University of South Florida College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, those factors have fueled the accelerated growth of the #macroalgae in the tropical Atlantic. "
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SargassoSea #RisingOceanTemperatures
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#Mexico to unveil #sargassum plan as crisis worsens in #Caribbean
Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
By Mar Puig, UPI
Published Jul 30, 2026Excerpt: "Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation.
"According to La Nación, which cited Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor in the University of South Florida College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, those factors have fueled the accelerated growth of the #macroalgae in the tropical Atlantic. "
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SargassoSea #RisingOceanTemperatures
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I hope they can find #sustainable uses for the #sargassum, such as #biochar https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/americas/mexico-sargassum-beach-cleanup.html #climate #seaweed
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I hope they can find #sustainable uses for the #sargassum, such as #biochar https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/americas/mexico-sargassum-beach-cleanup.html #climate #seaweed
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I hope they can find #sustainable uses for the #sargassum, such as #biochar https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/americas/mexico-sargassum-beach-cleanup.html #climate #seaweed
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I hope they can find #sustainable uses for the #sargassum, such as #biochar https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/americas/mexico-sargassum-beach-cleanup.html #climate #seaweed
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I hope they can find #sustainable uses for the #sargassum, such as #biochar https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/americas/mexico-sargassum-beach-cleanup.html #climate #seaweed
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Die Ausbreitung der Braunalge „Sargassum“ auf dem Atlantik erreicht seit Jahren Rekordwerte. Riesige Teppiche treiben auf dem Meer – und stellen eine Gefahr für Segler da.
#DillyDally #Sargassum -
Die Ausbreitung der Braunalge „Sargassum“ auf dem Atlantik erreicht seit Jahren Rekordwerte. Riesige Teppiche treiben auf dem Meer – und stellen eine Gefahr für Segler da.
#DillyDally #Sargassum -
Die Ausbreitung der Braunalge „Sargassum“ auf dem Atlantik erreicht seit Jahren Rekordwerte. Riesige Teppiche treiben auf dem Meer – und stellen eine Gefahr für Segler da.
#DillyDally #Sargassum -
Die Ausbreitung der Braunalge „Sargassum“ auf dem Atlantik erreicht seit Jahren Rekordwerte. Riesige Teppiche treiben auf dem Meer – und stellen eine Gefahr für Segler da.
#DillyDally #Sargassum -
Die Ausbreitung der Braunalge „Sargassum“ auf dem Atlantik erreicht seit Jahren Rekordwerte. Riesige Teppiche treiben auf dem Meer – und stellen eine Gefahr für Segler da.
#DillyDally #Sargassum -
So, a recurring dream that I had some years ago had involved rotting vegetation underfoot and the smell of hydrogen sulfide. Ummm...
"The hydrogen sulfide gas it releases when it rots is not only stinky but can irritate people's eyes, nose and throat, Florida Health says. The seaweed can also contain jellyfish or sea lice that can irritate skin."
#Sargassum #SargassumSeaweed #WarmingOceans #HydrogenSulfide
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So, a recurring dream that I had some years ago had involved rotting vegetation underfoot and the smell of hydrogen sulfide. Ummm...
"The hydrogen sulfide gas it releases when it rots is not only stinky but can irritate people's eyes, nose and throat, Florida Health says. The seaweed can also contain jellyfish or sea lice that can irritate skin."
#Sargassum #SargassumSeaweed #WarmingOceans #HydrogenSulfide
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So, a recurring dream that I had some years ago had involved rotting vegetation underfoot and the smell of hydrogen sulfide. Ummm...
"The hydrogen sulfide gas it releases when it rots is not only stinky but can irritate people's eyes, nose and throat, Florida Health says. The seaweed can also contain jellyfish or sea lice that can irritate skin."
#Sargassum #SargassumSeaweed #WarmingOceans #HydrogenSulfide
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So, a recurring dream that I had some years ago had involved rotting vegetation underfoot and the smell of hydrogen sulfide. Ummm...
"The hydrogen sulfide gas it releases when it rots is not only stinky but can irritate people's eyes, nose and throat, Florida Health says. The seaweed can also contain jellyfish or sea lice that can irritate skin."
#Sargassum #SargassumSeaweed #WarmingOceans #HydrogenSulfide
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So, a recurring dream that I had some years ago had involved rotting vegetation underfoot and the smell of hydrogen sulfide. Ummm...
"The hydrogen sulfide gas it releases when it rots is not only stinky but can irritate people's eyes, nose and throat, Florida Health says. The seaweed can also contain jellyfish or sea lice that can irritate skin."
#Sargassum #SargassumSeaweed #WarmingOceans #HydrogenSulfide
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Leaving Bequia a Day Early
A last morning at Jamdown, an unexpected island tour with family, the Hairoun revelation at Mac's, and an evening of old friends in Kingstown. -
Leaving Bequia a Day Early
A last morning at Jamdown, an unexpected island tour with family, the Hairoun revelation at Mac's, and an evening of old friends in Kingstown. -
Leaving Bequia a Day Early
A last morning at Jamdown, an unexpected island tour with family, the Hairoun revelation at Mac's, and an evening of old friends in Kingstown. -
Rotis, Rum Punch, and Belmont Walkway
A vegetarian roti with real protein, two rum punches over the bay, and the particular saturated colours of Belmont Walkway on a Wednesday afternoon in Bequia.https://islandinthenet.com/rotis-rum-punch-and-the-colours-of-belmont-walkway/
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Rotis, Rum Punch, and Belmont Walkway
A vegetarian roti with real protein, two rum punches over the bay, and the particular saturated colours of Belmont Walkway on a Wednesday afternoon in Bequia.https://islandinthenet.com/rotis-rum-punch-and-the-colours-of-belmont-walkway/
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Rotis, Rum Punch, and Belmont Walkway
A vegetarian roti with real protein, two rum punches over the bay, and the particular saturated colours of Belmont Walkway on a Wednesday afternoon in Bequia.https://islandinthenet.com/rotis-rum-punch-and-the-colours-of-belmont-walkway/
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Before the Island Woke
A clean salt breeze after two days of sargassum, a Mockingbird on the stone grill arch, and a single flower on an otherwise bare trumpet tree — a Bequia morning. -
Before the Island Woke
A clean salt breeze after two days of sargassum, a Mockingbird on the stone grill arch, and a single flower on an otherwise bare trumpet tree — a Bequia morning. -
Before the Island Woke
A clean salt breeze after two days of sargassum, a Mockingbird on the stone grill arch, and a single flower on an otherwise bare trumpet tree — a Bequia morning. -
Sargassum Ruined the Morning at Jamdown
A Mangrove Cuckoo heard from the garden gate, Laughing Gulls working the sargassum below, and the morning I learned that Belmont Road smells like the inside of a volcano.https://islandinthenet.com/sargassum-a-mangrove-cuckoo-and-a-morning-at-jamdown/
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Sargassum Ruined the Morning at Jamdown
A Mangrove Cuckoo heard from the garden gate, Laughing Gulls working the sargassum below, and the morning I learned that Belmont Road smells like the inside of a volcano.https://islandinthenet.com/sargassum-a-mangrove-cuckoo-and-a-morning-at-jamdown/
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Sargassum Ruined the Morning at Jamdown
A Mangrove Cuckoo heard from the garden gate, Laughing Gulls working the sargassum below, and the morning I learned that Belmont Road smells like the inside of a volcano.https://islandinthenet.com/sargassum-a-mangrove-cuckoo-and-a-morning-at-jamdown/
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Arriving in Bequia
A ferry crossing, a stranger who turned out to be family, roads with no signs, and a terrace above the sea — the first day in Bequia was a long one. -
Arriving in Bequia
A ferry crossing, a stranger who turned out to be family, roads with no signs, and a terrace above the sea — the first day in Bequia was a long one. -
Arriving in Bequia
A ferry crossing, a stranger who turned out to be family, roads with no signs, and a terrace above the sea — the first day in Bequia was a long one. -
This is fine 🔥
The brown tide stretches across the Atlantic Ocean -
This is fine 🔥
The brown tide stretches across the Atlantic Ocean -
This is fine 🔥
The brown tide stretches across the Atlantic Ocean -
This is fine 🔥
The brown tide stretches across the Atlantic Ocean -
This is fine 🔥
The brown tide stretches across the Atlantic Ocean -
4-Dec-2025
USF-led study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations
Study points to basin-wide ecological impacts as #sargassum
patterns change -
4-Dec-2025
USF-led study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations
Study points to basin-wide ecological impacts as #sargassum
patterns change -
4-Dec-2025
USF-led study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations
Study points to basin-wide ecological impacts as #sargassum
patterns change -
4-Dec-2025
USF-led study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations
Study points to basin-wide ecological impacts as #sargassum
patterns change -
4-Dec-2025
USF-led study reveals dramatic decline in some historic sargassum populations
Study points to basin-wide ecological impacts as #sargassum
patterns change -
Shifting #Climate Alters Pattern of #Atlantic’s Giant #Seaweed Blobs
Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.
A study published Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience finds a big shift in the growth patterns of #sargassum, a type of floating #macroalgae that provides food and shelter for fish, turtles, seabirds and other marine life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/climate/atlantic-seaweed-sargassum-climate.html
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Shifting #Climate Alters Pattern of #Atlantic’s Giant #Seaweed Blobs
Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.
A study published Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience finds a big shift in the growth patterns of #sargassum, a type of floating #macroalgae that provides food and shelter for fish, turtles, seabirds and other marine life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/climate/atlantic-seaweed-sargassum-climate.html
https://archive.ph/NTC8l -
Shifting #Climate Alters Pattern of #Atlantic’s Giant #Seaweed Blobs
Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.
A study published Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience finds a big shift in the growth patterns of #sargassum, a type of floating #macroalgae that provides food and shelter for fish, turtles, seabirds and other marine life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/climate/atlantic-seaweed-sargassum-climate.html
https://archive.ph/NTC8l -
Shifting #Climate Alters Pattern of #Atlantic’s Giant #Seaweed Blobs
Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.
A study published Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience finds a big shift in the growth patterns of #sargassum, a type of floating #macroalgae that provides food and shelter for fish, turtles, seabirds and other marine life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/climate/atlantic-seaweed-sargassum-climate.html
https://archive.ph/NTC8l -
Shifting #Climate Alters Pattern of #Atlantic’s Giant #Seaweed Blobs
Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.
A study published Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience finds a big shift in the growth patterns of #sargassum, a type of floating #macroalgae that provides food and shelter for fish, turtles, seabirds and other marine life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/climate/atlantic-seaweed-sargassum-climate.html
https://archive.ph/NTC8l