Earth Wise
Earth Wise
Earth Wise
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
2 minutes Posted Oct 17, 2025 at 5:00 am.
0:00
2:00
Download MP3
Show notes
Sargassum is a free-floating brown seaweed that can drift together in vast mats, sometimes stretching for miles across the ocean’s surface. For centuries, these blooms have been a natural part of the Atlantic, creating food and shelter for many marine creatures.  Sargassum was once thought to be confined mainly to the Sargasso Sea in the […]