Sargassum. The smelly, brown seaweed can put a damper on a day at the beach at best and hinder baby turtles on their way to the ocean at worst. Only...
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Sargassum. The smelly, brown seaweed can put a damper on a day at the beach at best and hinder baby turtles on their way to the ocean at worst. Only about one in 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings survive to adulthood, and Sargassum might be added to their already long list of challenges. The new findings detailed in a study published in the Journal of Coastal Research explores the role that this brown seaweed plays on vulnerable sea turtle populations. “For sea turtle hatchlings, reaching the ocean is already a race against time – and survival. Now, increasingly large mats of sargassum are adding new challenges to this critical journey,” study co-author and Florida Atlantic University biologist...
Sargassum. The smelly, brown seaweed can put a damper on a day at the beach at best and hinder baby turtles on their way to the ocean at worst. Only...
Large amounts of brown algae, commonly referred to as sargassum, have been increasingly appearing on beaches far from their usual central Atlantic...
The government of Japan has donated a state of the art aquatic plant harvester to Antigua and Barbuda, to be used to address the ongoing challenge of...
Along coastlines in the Caribbean, the United States, and northern Brazil, massive amounts of brown seaweed called sargassum have become a growing...
Along coastlines in the Caribbean, the United States, and northern Brazil, massive amounts of brown seaweed called sargassum have become a growing...
A recent study reveals that over half of turtle and tortoise species face threats or extinction due to habitat loss, climate change, and human...
A recent study reveals that over half of turtle and tortoise species face threats or extinction due to habitat loss, climate change, and human...
A viral image showing Belize’s Great Blue Hole covered in sargassum raised public concern as the seaweed continues to choke the country’s...
Belize’s sargassum problem is no longer just a coastal nuisance, it’s now a national concern. Over the past few months, everyone’s been pitching...
On a summer Friday in Santa Cruz, a trio of surfers descended the sea stairs to the beach with waxed-up longboards under their arms. Stepping through...