00:00Record-breaking seaweed is invading beaches across the Caribbean, Florida, and the Gulf
00:05Coast this summer. Massive blooms of sargassium are already spreading across the Atlantic,
00:10and USF researchers who have been tracking seaweed blooms since 2011 say this season
00:15could become one of the worst on record. When large amounts wash ashore, the seaweed
00:20can pile up, rot in the heat, and create a strong odor while turning waters brown. Sargassium
00:26helps support marine life offshore, but too much reaching the coast can create major problems
00:31for beach communities.
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