Tiffanie Radford, of Lantana, walks south through sargassum on the first day of summer near R.
Smoke, Amazon River, cold water upwelling feeds seaweedĪ 2019 report on the group's findings pointed to two main culprits for the increase in sargassum - higher nutrient levels in runoff from the Amazon River and when an upwelling in the eastern Atlantic brings cooler water and nutrients from the bottom of the ocean to the surface.Ī University of Miami study released the same year found that smoke from African fires - either from those burning wild or burning to clear land - has phosphorus in it that could also be feeding the sargassum after it settles out of the atmosphere.
He was part of a team of scientists that discovered the world’s largest sargassum bloom in the Atlantic Ocean, dubbing it the Great Atlantic Sargassum belt. Hu’s Optical Oceanography lab at USF measures the sargassum by satellite and has images dating back decades. 'We were gobsmacked': Great hammerhead shark nursery discovered in urban area of Florida Happy coral: How coral is thriving in a trashy, polluted port thrashed by cruise shipsĪmazing discovery in Palm Beach County: Giant manta ray babies and a study that could save a threatened species People navigate their way through the seaweed while swimming near the Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach in 2018.īird bonanza: Why four nesting shorebirds had Palm Beach County officials jumping for joy
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