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The seaweed can choke corals, wreak havoc on coastal ecosystems and diminish air quality. A giant seaweed bloom that can be seen from space threatens beaches in Florida and Mexico Skip to main content
Gracilaria parvispora in a refugium, displaying dark coloration under high intensity lighting.. Gracilaria parvispora is composed of pointed, cylindrical branches, 1–4 mm (0.0–0.2 in) in diameter, extending from a central axis, 0.8–3.5 mm (0.0–0.1 in) in diameter, with a single holdfast.
Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae in the order Fucales of the Phaeophyceae class. [1] Numerous species are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world, where they generally inhabit shallow water and coral reefs, and the genus is widely known for its planktonic (free-floating) species.
The marine red alga Porphyra has been cultivated extensively in many Asian countries as an edible seaweed used to wrap the rice and fish that compose the Japanese food sushi and the Korean food gimbap. In Japan, the annual production of Porphyra species is valued at 100 billion yen (US$1 billion). [11]
Marine scientists are tracking a 5,000-mile-wide seaweed bloom that is so large, it can be seen from space - and it's heading towards Florida's gulf coast. Giant seaweed blob twice the width of ...
A raft of brown-colored seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean is so vast it can be seen from space. A giant seaweed bloom that can be seen from space threatens beaches in Florida and Mexico Skip to main ...
Laguna Salada (Spanish, "salty lagoon") is a vast dry lake some 10 meters below sea level in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Mexicali. [1]
The Southeastern Mexico floods of 2020 were a series of floods that began in October 2020 and affected the region Southeast Mexico, especially Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz and other states. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At least 28 people died and more than 368,000 were affected as of November 14. [ 3 ]