7 Jul 2019

Discovering the biggest seaweed bloom in the world

From Sunday Morning, 7:18 am on 7 July 2019

A floating mass of seaweed stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is now the biggest seaweed bloom in the world, according to satellite observations. Dr Mengqiu Wang is from the University of Southern Florida and was part of the team that discovered the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB)

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt.

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt. Photo: Dr Mengqiu Wang