Satellite imagery analyzed in recent weeks is raising fresh concerns about the scale of the upcoming sargassum season in the Caribbean, with scientists now warning that the situation may be significantly more severe than previously reported.
Earlier estimates indicated that approximately seven million tons of sargassum were moving across the tropical Atlantic toward the Caribbean Sea.
Updated observations now suggest the volume has continued to increase, pointing to what could become one of the largest sargassum influxes on record.
The latest assessment is based on high-resolution satellite data showing expansive and increasingly dense mats of sargassum stretching across the central and western Atlantic Ocean.
These floating accumulations are part
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