Rethinking Sargassum: From Coastal Challenge to Sustainable Solution
On a serene, sunny morning you journey to a Florida beach, but the shore isn’t as perfect as you imagined. … Continue
While sargassum seaweed provides important nutrients and habitat for many species, it can bloom out of control and cause problems for marine life and humans alike.
Classified as an essential habitat, sargassum is now becoming a burden to some parts of the ocean and to coastal economies.
Parks, forests, preserves – you name it, Florida’s got it. With this much land to cover, bills have been popping up to reserve millions of dollars for protection and conservation.