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