Florida And The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt’s Unprecedented Bloom
last month that new research suggests decomposing sargassum may leach heavy metals into its surrounding environment. “One study that examined sargassum along beaches in Mexico found that 86% of samples had arsenic levels that were higher than the U.N.’s limit for livestock feed — one repurposing idea that was explored earlier on.”
Sargassum sinking is another endeavor. It is a fascinating notion that would also prevent it from releasing carbon and perhaps support other initiatives aimed at reducing climate change.that it is building an autonomous robot to catch and drag the toxic algae blanket out to the open ocean, and then forcing it to sink to a depth of 1,000 meters. “It’s a bit like a seaweed Roomba,” Paddy Estridge said. “It goes through the water very very slowly and, a bit like Pac-Man, scoops up the seaweed.
The only thing that is novel about the current sargassum patch is the exponential expansion, which is stunning and akin to the problem of increasing weather disasters. 2018 saw areport on the importance of this. “Earth’s ocean biogeochemistry is changing in response to natural and human forcings.
“This is all ultimately related to climate change, as climate affects precipitation and ocean circulation and even human activities [that can lead to Sargassum blooms], but what we’ve shown is that these blooms do not occur because of increased water temperature,” Hu said. “They are probably here to stay.”
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