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Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self‑sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

You've been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, with even more floating offshore. It's disappointing, for sure—and increasingly common.

Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self‑sustaining disaster that will keep coming back
Image: Phys.org
You've been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, with even more floating offshore. It's disappointing, for sure—and increasingly common.

Originally published at Phys.org

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