Massive Sargassum Bloom Heading Towards Florida Shrinks Unexpectedly By 15%

Scientists have been sharing the implications of the massive 5,000-mile-long belt of seaweed over the past few months. The massive blob is making its way to Florida, the Caribbean and Mexico, due to strong currents pushing the blob from the Sargasso Sea westward. 

The mass, which reached an estimated 13 million tons according to some studies, has shrank according to researchers. It reached record size in March but since then, it has shrunk by 15% between April and May.

Stretching from the western coast of Africa into the Gulf of Mexico, the seaweed found in the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB) has been garnering news over the past couple

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