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Bookmark or Share- What is sargassum? Here's why seaweed is piling up along Florida ... - NPRSargassum is a type of leafy, rootless and buoyant algae that bunch up in islands and floats around the ocean. In the open sea, healthy patches of sargassum can soak up carbon dioxide and serve...
- What is Sargassum - NOAA Ocean ExplorationSargassum is a genus of large brown seaweed (a type of algae) that floats in island-like masses and never attaches to the seafloor.
- Sargassum: The Ocean's Floating Forest - Ocean InfoSargassum is a floating mass of brown algae, playing an important role in the ocean's ecosystem due to the diverse marine life it supports. Sargassum is commonly thought of as a mass of seaweed, but it is actually a brown algae that floats in the open ocean by gas-filled spheres, called pneumat...
- Sargassum Monitoring – OFFICIAL MAP & FORECASTSWhen it reaches the coasts of 30 countries to date, it decomposes and decimates fauna, flora and coral, with serious consequences for the environment, the economy and health. Urgent solutions are needed, for which scientists, governments and companies need more information.
- Sargassum | Marine Algae, Seaweed, Macroalgae | BritannicaSargassum, genus of about 150 species of brown algae (family Sargassaceae) generally attached to rocks along coasts in temperate regions or occurring as pelagic (free-floating) algae in the open sea.
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