20 Jan 2026
Photo by Catherine Breslin Scientists have revealed that floating algae blooms are expanding worldwide, with artificial intelligence analysis uncovering a potential regime shift from a macroalgae-poor ocean to a macroalgae-rich ocean. Researchers at the University of South Florida and NOAA used AI to scan 1.2 million satellite images and found blooms are expanding across the ocean. […]
31 Oct 2023
Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms. However, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB) that emerged in 2011 has since then caused unprecedented inundations of this brown seaweed on Caribbean coastlines, with harmful effects on ecosystems while posing challenges to regional economies and tourism, and concerns […]
21 Mar 2023
The giant mass of sargassum is expected to continue to grow and peak this summer, dumping seaweed on some Florida beaches as it decomposes. Florida beaches may soon be overrun by massive patches of the foul-smelling seaweed. It is the Atlantic sargassum belt, and while not new, it has been growing bigger than ever. This […]