Researchers have been working to track and study floating sargassum, a prolific seaweed swamping Caribbean and West African shorelines, and causing environmental and economic harm. The study, 'Changes in holopelagic Sargassum spp. biomass composition across an unusual year,' is published in PNAS.
Secrets of sargassum: Scientists advance knowledge of seaweed causing chaos in the Caribbean and West Africa retrieved 27 May 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-05-secrets-sargassum-scientists-advance-knowledge.html
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