The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt currently has a record-breaking 13 million tons of seaweed, equal to the amount measured a month earlier, and it is now expanding westward.
According to a joint analysis from the University of South Florida and NASA, the total mass of stinky kelp is expected to “increase substantially” as prevailing currents and winds drive it westward. In addition, more beaching incidents are anticipated in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to researchers, the eastern Atlantic’s persistent clouds are to blame for the lack of change. But it won’t likely continue for long.
“It’s a train, which is a trailer; this stuff is 5,000 miles long and
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