Giant seaweed blob that threatened Florida has shrunk by 75%

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 9, 2023

The giant mass of seaweed that threatened the Florida coast this spring has gotten drastically smaller in the last month. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Seaweed Belt shrunk by 75% in the last month, researchers from the University of South Florida said. The decrease in the blob's size was more than expected, and the amount of Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to remain mi