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Sargassum superblooms are choking coastlines around the Atlantic
12 minutes Posted Oct 14, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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A free-floating seaweed called sargassum is exploding in the Atlantic ocean, clogging up coastlines from West Africa to the Caribbean.