Images from space show a 5,000-mile bloom of seaweed threatening the beaches of Florida

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man stands in vast field of red brown algae where a beach should be
Park guard Roberto Varela walks over sargassum seaweed piled up on the seashore in Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba.

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A 5,000-Mile-Wide Blob of Stinky Seaweed Is Headed Straight for Florida

Gizmodo : Environment

A floating blob of seaweed 5,000 miles across, spanning nearly the whole width of the Atlantic Ocean, is headed for Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The sargassum algae, a brown, branching, stringy seaweed that can turn seawater mud-colored when present in large quantities, is likely to cause serious problems for the…

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