One reason the Bermuda Triangle has scared people for generations is the seaweed. And thanks to eutrophication and other human causes, that Sargassum seaweed is starting to travel the world. Here's how we're accidentally making more of those treacherous seaweed patches.
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Sources:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bermudatri.html
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sargassosea.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12860
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23135-7
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plants-algae/too-much-good-thing-atlantic-sargassum-belt
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/SRCCL_SPM.pdf
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aat8785
https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/nutrients-and-eutrophication&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1685982074894256&usg=AOvVaw3omQrKv16o40VsjvKUYOxC
IMAGES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:North_Atlantic_Gyre.png#/media/File:North_Atlantic_Gyre.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seaweed_wash_wild_ashore_at_Busua_Beach_western_Region_Ghana_05.jpg
https://www.climate.gov/media/15194
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Atlantic_Sargassum_Belt_2.jpg
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151188/a-massive-seaweed-bloom-in-the-atlantic
https://www.gettyimages.com
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Sources:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bermudatri.html
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sargassosea.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12860
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23135-7
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plants-algae/too-much-good-thing-atlantic-sargassum-belt
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/SRCCL_SPM.pdf
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aat8785
https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/nutrients-and-eutrophication&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1685982074894256&usg=AOvVaw3omQrKv16o40VsjvKUYOxC
IMAGES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:North_Atlantic_Gyre.png#/media/File:North_Atlantic_Gyre.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seaweed_wash_wild_ashore_at_Busua_Beach_western_Region_Ghana_05.jpg
https://www.climate.gov/media/15194
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Atlantic_Sargassum_Belt_2.jpg
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151188/a-massive-seaweed-bloom-in-the-atlantic
https://www.gettyimages.com
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