Posted on Apr 17, 2023
Why Is a Huge Seaweed Blob Headed for Florida?
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You’ve likely been hearing it in the media for weeks now: A giant mass of seaweed, some 5,000 miles wide, is headed for Florida, where it will engulf beaches with tons of icky and decaying seaweed, emitting a noxious gas all the while.
Inevitably, stories about this massive swath of seaweed tend to call it a blob, stirring up images of some 1950s B-movie monster coming to absorb the Sunshine State, beaches, tourists, retirees and all. In reality, the so-called blob, while big, is well-known to scientists and has been carefully studied for more than a decade. And it won’t just affect Florida. Here’s what we know about it.
Inevitably, stories about this massive swath of seaweed tend to call it a blob, stirring up images of some 1950s B-movie monster coming to absorb the Sunshine State, beaches, tourists, retirees and all. In reality, the so-called blob, while big, is well-known to scientists and has been carefully studied for more than a decade. And it won’t just affect Florida. Here’s what we know about it.
Why Is a Huge Seaweed Blob Headed for Florida?
Posted from discovermagazine.com
Science
Biology
State of Florida
Climate Change
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Lt Col Charlie Brown Crazy! I can't remember ever hearing about this. It will be interesting to see what happens.
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Nor I, we have fish here that eat seaweed, and we eat them. Don't taste like chicken, taste better than seaweed. Lol
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Advertise it as a Trump provided “Hurricane Sponge” for Florida and watch the investigations start.
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Cpl Vic Burk - Here is how o get rid of it quickly and decisively...announce it as a Trump plan...Dems will go crazy and send everything they have to get rid ofit.
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Very good article ma'am. Thank you. Too bad the main media types won't report honestly about the correct characteristics of algal blooms.
One thing that drives me crazy with "best practices" for erosion and sedimentation control that most aquatic biologists just love is the practice of cutting down trees and letting them fall across a stream's headwaters that in effect brads the stream to put more sedimentation and nutrients into the water for fish habitat and food. What I can't understand is if we're trying to stop sedimentation in waterways, why do they consider this a best practice.
One thing that drives me crazy with "best practices" for erosion and sedimentation control that most aquatic biologists just love is the practice of cutting down trees and letting them fall across a stream's headwaters that in effect brads the stream to put more sedimentation and nutrients into the water for fish habitat and food. What I can't understand is if we're trying to stop sedimentation in waterways, why do they consider this a best practice.
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