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Something Huge and Brown Is Taking Over the Atlantic Ocean

Something Huge and Brown Is Taking Over the Atlantic Ocean
science9/3/2025

Unsurprisingly, human activity is involved in a widespread ecological change.

Since 2011, a monstrous structure has taken shape in the Atlantic Ocean almost every year, sprawling from the West African coast to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt—a gargantuan bloom of a brown free-floating seaweed. In May... [3834 chars]