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Researchers pinpoint the “tipping point” that led to hazardous Florida seaweed clumps

Posted on March 24, 2025April 4, 2025 by Chris J. | 34118 Views | 17 min read

Seaweed pollution along Miami Beach, Florida — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Sergii Figurnyi According to Florida scientists, they have discovered a “tipping point” in the Atlantic Ocean’s meteorological conditions that led to massive clumps of toxic seaweed flooding Caribbean beaches in recent summers. A surplus of nutrients in the water, such as nitrogen and phosphorus from

Posted in Beaches, NatureTagged algae, FAU, Florida, Florida Atlantic University, florida insider, florida news, florida seaweed, Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, North Atlantic oscillation, Red Tide, sargassum, scientists, seaweed clumps, toxic bloom, toxic seaweed, University of South Florida, USF
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