#sargassum

Complex world. #Sargassum is a huge ecologic and economic problem in coastal regions (especially Mexico). But this huge amount of floating seagrass is also a sign that nature adapts. Somehow. "while acknowledging its onshore harms, some researchers are now recognizing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt as a significant new habitat for marine life in the open ocean, and a valuable carbon sink for the planet." ... “the largest interconnected floating biome on Earth.” "There could, in other words, be a policy sweet spot, in which beaches and coastal ecosystems are protected by commercially sustainable harvesting, while the species-sheltering belt in the open ocean persists." https://e360.yale.edu/features/sargassum-belt @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social (tagging you because you posted about #sargasso)

#Mexico to unveil #sargassum plan as crisis worsens in #Caribbean Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation. By Mar Puig, UPI Published Jul 30, 2026 Excerpt: "Specialists attribute the increase in sargassum influxes to rising ocean temperatures, greater nutrient availability and prolonged hours of solar radiation. "According to La Nación, which cited Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor in the University of South Florida College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, those factors have fueled the accelerated growth of the #macroalgae in the tropical Atlantic. " Read more: https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/mexico-to-unveil-sargassum-plan-as-crisis-worsens-in-caribbean/1917492 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SargassoSea #RisingOceanTemperatures