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Just over a year ago, several Florida beaches w e re inundated by a smelly, irritating seaweed known as sargassum.. Will the same thing happen in 2024? The University of South Florida reported ...
13 million tons of seaweed are bobbing off the coast as this year’s Great Atlantic Sargassum Bloom sets new records. Seaweed mass expands, reaches record tonnage. Messy Florida beaches ...
The development of the belt 2011–2018. This Sargassum was first reported by Christopher Columbus in the 15th century but recently appeared in 2011 in the Atlantic. [4]As of 2023, the belt is estimated to weigh about 5.5 million metric tonnes and extends 5,000 miles (8,000 km), stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
The record amount of sargassum reported earlier this year in the Central Atlantic Ocean has yet to assault South Florida beaches, but mats of blooming macroalgae are creeping closer with an ...
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 593 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...
FILE - Workers, who were hired by residents, remove sargassum seaweed from the Bay of Soliman, north of Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Aug. 3, 2022. On shore, sargassum is a nuisance ...
On December 5, 2024, a M w 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County, California, at 10:44 a.m. PST. It was felt in the state's northern regions and in the Central Valley. [2] The earthquake prompted the National Weather Service to issue a tsunami warning which was canceled soon after.
The drop won’t be enough to keep beaches seaweed-free, but it did knock back what had been a record-breaking seaweed bloom. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — the scientific name for the ...