The seaweed belt weighs an estimated 13 million tons and is still growing!
said the bloom was visible from space and was likely the largest seaweed bloom ever recorded.
The matted brown seaweed stretches for miles across the ocean and provides breeding ground, food and habitat for fish, sea turtles and marine birds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "What is unusual this year compared to previous years is it started early," Hu said. The algae generally blooms in the spring and summer, but "this year, in the winter, we already have a lot."
"It may be the entire belt is fed more some years than others by dust that contains iron and other nutrients that comes from the Sahara Desert," said Lumpkin, of NOAA.
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