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We monitor all areas and countries affected by sargassum. We share best practices for preserving coastal sea fauna and flora. Sargassum seaweed, originally beneficial to the marine ecosystem, has been spreading dangerously since 2011 due to human pollution.
- Sargassum
Conclusion. A first conclusion was obvious: to prevent the...
- Forecast
Based on current forecasts from “HYCOM” and wind forecasts...
- News
The installation of barriers diverting sargassum seaweed...
- About Us
For scientists: 1/ Data accessibility: since 2018, Sargassum...
- Florida USA
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- Mexico Riviera Maya
Forecast Sargassum Seaweed Riviera Maya Mexico. Cancun –...
- Republica Dominicana
Updated on October 06, 2024. Notes: – CLS – SAMtool /...
- Puerto Rico USA
How are Sargassum stranding forecasts calculated ? Sargassum...
- Sargassum
2024 Sargassum seaweed forecast map & reports. #1 resource on Sargassum seaweed blob, update, sargassum-free beaches in Florida, Cancun, Mexico, Caribbean.
Based on satellite observations, the USF Optical Oceanography Lab has developed and operated a Sargassum Watch System (SaWS) to generate information on Sargassum abundance and location in the tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. A user can select a region of interest through a “clickable” map (Imageset 5), and then follow ...
It’s an invitation to discover, preserve, and understand the Sargassum bloom that the Atlantic-Caribbean region has been experiencing annually since 2011. The official Sargassum map 2022 bears witness to this Sargassum seaweed phenomenon, which is not natural but a consequence of human pollution.
2 dni temu · Based on current forecasts from “HYCOM” and wind forecasts from “NCEP”, it is possible to estimate the trajectory of the sargassum and its possible arrival along Caribbean beaches. The image in this animation corresponds to 7 days, as you can see from the dates at the top of the image.
7 kwi 2023 · Patches of floating brown seaweed—known as Sargassum—have stretched from the west coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico in what is known as the “Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt.” In March 2023, scientists found that the amount of Sargassum floating in the belt was the largest of any March on record.
16 sty 2024 · Last year’s 5,500-mile-long swath of yellow-brown seaweed stretching over the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico was called the Great Sargassum Belt. Perhaps what’s growing out there this year should be christened “colossal.”
