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a heat map showing a thick band from Africa, across the northern coast of South America and into the Gulf of Mexico

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The Sargassum Belt

June 2022

Sargassum forms dense clumps up to the size of a beach ball that slowly rotate as they drift.

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Too Much of a Good Thing—the Atlantic Sargassum Belt

June 2022

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