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5,000-mile seaweed belt is headed toward Florida

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Over the next few months, a massive belt of seaweed is projected to make its way closer to Florida and the Caribbean, and pile up in mounds as it washes ashore. It’s not just an eyesore — the seaweed, called sargassum, smells terrible as it rots, and can cause breathing issues for some.

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A 5,000-mile seaweed belt is headed toward Florida

A 5,000-mile (8,047 kilometres) seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

1 year ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

Behind massive seaweed belt headed for some Atlantic beaches

There's a pesky problem in a wide stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that's likely to wash up on some beaches later this year: Seaweed. Lots of it. The Great Atlantic

1 year ago·United States

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abc News

Behind massive seaweed belt headed for some Atlantic beaches

There's a pesky problem in a wide stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that's likely to wash up on some beaches later this year: Seaweed

1 year ago·United States

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KRDO

Behind massive seaweed belt headed for some Atlantic beaches

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is called — contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sarga…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KIFI

Behind massive seaweed belt headed for some Atlantic beaches

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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The Hill

Satellite images show 5,000-mile seaweed belt creeping closer to US

Over the next few months, a massive belt of seaweed is projected to make its way closer to Florida and the Caribbean, and pile up in mounds as it washes ashore. It's not just an eyesore — the seaweed, called sargassum, smells terrible as it rots, and can cause breathing issues for some.

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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