Satellite images reveal a massive 5,000-mile seaweed belt stretching thousands of miles across the Atlantic
- photo: archiveFor centuries, sailors crossing the Atlantic occasionally encountered floating mats of brown seaweed drifting far from land.
- These patches were largely associated with the Sargasso Sea, a region of relatively calm waters in the North Atlantic where free-floating sargassum has long formed part of a unique marine ecosystem.
- That picture has changed dramatically over the past decade.
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- photo: archiveFor centuries, sailors crossing the Atlantic occasionally encountered floating mats of brown seaweed drifting far from land.
- These patches were largely associated with the Sargasso Sea, a region of relatively calm waters in the North Atlantic where free-floating sargassum has long formed part of a unique marine ecosystem.
- That picture has changed dramatically over the past decade.
Sources: Times of India