Sargassum

“It was a beautiful place - wild, untouched, above all untouched, with an alien, disturbing, secret loveliness. And it kept its secret. I'd find myself thinking, 'What I see is nothing - I want what it hides - that is not nothing'.” ― Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

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Sunday, December 6, 2020

Who lives in Sargassum?

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 Floating mats of Sargassum are home to many species, from spawning eels to loggerhead turtles.  Check out this slideshow from Smithsonian ...

Sea Invaders

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Sargassum muticim is an invasive species.  Originally found in Japan, it has spread throughout the world's temperate waters, reeking ...

Sargassum and its Ecosystems

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  Baby sea turtles forage in mats of Sargassum .   Sargassum plays an important role in the life cycles of many animals.   Some use the f...

The Wide Sargasso Sea

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  There are many stories of ships stuck in the Sargasso Sea. Located in the Atlantic, the Sargasso Sea has long been the stuff of legends. C...

Sargassum and Coastal Ecosystems

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  Sargassum blocking the sun above a reef.     In the 2019 article The Complex Case of the Seaweed That Is Drowning Ecosystems in the Car...

Too much sargassum? Convert it!

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The article Researchers convert washed-up seaweed into biofuels and fertiliser in Oceanographic explores work by researchers from Univers...
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