Caribbean Sargassum 2024. The 2023 sargassum bloom in the caribbean had mostly abated by dec. Coral is visibly impacted by sargassum, but it’s not alone.
There have been record sargassum blooms in areas in the caribbean and south atlantic ocean nicole mortillaro · cbc news · posted: They expect some of the stinky seaweed to start washing up on eastern caribbean beaches by late february or early march.
This Mass Is Expected To Hit The Beaches Of Several.
Sargassum seaweed is perfectly natural, but its expanding and smelly presence along beaches has become a burden to caribbean.
By April, They Predict Sargassum.
It’s too early to predict whether this will be a major sargassum year for those areas, hu said.
“Sargassum Abundance In The Interior Central Atlantic Increased, But It Increased So Substantially That The Abundance Reached A New Record From All Previous.
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The worst sargassum invasions occurred in 2018 and 2022, and the sargassum problem is intensifying in 2023, with the caribbean being impacted earlier in the season than expected.
Due To Lower Sea Temperatures At The Beginning Of The Year, Seaweed Season.
Many studies have quantified arsenic concentrations in sargassum across the caribbean in an attempt to assess its scope.