Sargasso Sea shift reveals dramatic decline in some historic seaweed populations

PHYSorg
Dec 4, 2025, 5:00 am100 pts
A study led by researchers at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science has found that certain populations of the seaweed sargassum have experienced a significant decline over the past decade, even as increased abundance of sargassum in the tropical Atlantic has caused large mats of the…

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