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What is that giant seaweed blob hitting the Florida coast?

It's a sargassum, of course!
By Mark Stetson and Mike Pearl  on 
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Great news for fans of seaweed that collects on beaches in colossal heaps, and stings people's eyes, nostrils, and throats with a stench like rotten eggs: mass quantities of the algae known as sargassum are once again accumulating on Florida's shorelines. And there's reason to suspect that human-caused environmental havoc may be to blame.


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