Abstract: We present satellite imagery that is interpreted as showing extensive lines of floating Sargassum in the western Gulf of Mexico in the summer of 2005. In spite of frequent reports of ...

We have developed a prototype Hyperspectral Imaging Microscope (HIM) Workstation to take advantage of multispectral imaging analysis on a single pass. We trade a full specimen image on a single pass ...

Why? The University of South Florida estimated that 30 million tons of brown seaweed, also known as sargassum, is floating toward Florida’s coast. Some of it has already coated Miami’s beaches.

TAMPA, Fla. – As summer approaches, beachgoers may need to check an additional forecast detail before heading to the shore: the Sargassum seaweed situation. "What we observed in April was far and away ...

The Caribbean and the southeastern coast of Florida are grappling with an environmental crisis of historic proportions: April 2025 marked a record-breaking surge in sargassum accumulation ...

Environmental Engineer Tracy Fanara joins FOX Weather to discuss the large amounts of sargassum blooming in South Florida. GOP rep: Threat to arrest Democratic colleagues ‘very drastic’ US set ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns demanded change after 12-year-old Gavin Peterson starved to death last year, criticizing how the state's child welfare system handled complaints about his safety in the ...

It's the season for seaweed, and researchers say it's back with a vengeance: the month of April broke records for the amount of sargassum in the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea.

Stinky, unsightly and potentially harmful – there are a litany of adjectives used to describe the naturally-occurring type of macroalgae called Sargassum, and none of them are positive.

Scientists at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab, the point people for tracking the floating mats of seaweed called sargassum, are predicting what could be the state’s ...

Tourists looking for sun and sand in Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been disgusted by foul-smelling mounds of sargassum – a seaweed-like algae – piling up on ...