July Sargassum

[amyb]

Well,if it gets any denser, we will soon be able to walk across and hopscotch to visit with our neighbors to the south, Saba, Eustacious,and St Kitts. Just sayin'

[GramChop]

Oy.

[Hawke]

Hope it soon finds a way to move out for you.

[amyb]

The worst day so far for our part of the sea.

[Jim A]

I just came across this article. I don't know if it is true but I never heard about a relationship to fertilizer runoff

https://www.vox.com/science-and-heal...atlantic-study
https://thepointsguy.com/news/beache...4-F9A64744363C

[amyb]

Some is from Africa and some from South America. Seems to be flourishing and fertilizer has been named as a cause.

[Tiffany]

There was a story about it on the Today show yesterday...

https://www.today.com/news/smelly-se...eaches-t157770

[Izzy]

Good to see the mainstream media is catching up with the forum (5/14/18, others go back to 2014):

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The University of South Florida Sargassum Watch website that has been posted before may be of some interest.

[Hawke]

Check out the thread "Reforest the Tropics". A group that is working on a practical lessening of deforestation.

[Hawke]

Has the Sargassum disappeared or everyone is used to it?

[amyb]

Kent, I would say tolerated-I don't think I will ever get used to it.