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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.
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Conclusion. A first conclusion was obvious: to prevent the...
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Sargassum map – Caribbean Sea. How are Sargassum stranding...
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- Florida USA
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- Mexico Riviera Maya
Based on current forecasts from “HYCOM” and wind forecasts...
- Republica Dominicana
Updated on October 06, 2024. Notes: – CLS – SAMtool /...
- Puerto Rico USA
How are Sargassum stranding forecasts calculated ? Sargassum...
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The SEAS Program leverages Landsat Satellite Imagery in order to identify floating Sargassum mats, and then factors in local wind/surface currents in order to provide a forecast. The purpose of this forecasting system is to predict extremely large windrows, rather than patches or debris of seaweed.
24 sty 2024 · USF researchers hope to improve forecasting for sargassum blooms to pinpoint specific beaches, and to develop ways to reduce the impacts on coastal communities.
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 · Nearly every spring and summer since 2011, a giant bloom of seaweed has developed in the central Atlantic Ocean. 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 .”
17 mar 2023 · The take home is this: whether it’s sargassum, red tide, blue-green algae, oxygen dead zones or dying sea grass and manatees, it’s all related to the endless flow of nutrient pollution into our...
The excess of Sargassum washing up on beaches in the Caribbean originates from the Sargasso Sea, located in the open North Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda. This sea stretches 1000 km wide and 3200 km long and is estimated to hold up to 10 million metric tons of Sargassum (see image below). It is known as “the golden