A new study by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) researchers has discovered high levels of the dangerous Vibrio bacteria lurking on the decomposing seaweed that litters Florida’s beaches. The 5,000-mile, 13-million-tonne ‘blob’ known as the Great Atlantic sargassum belt is a mass of sargassum seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean, and is the largest macroalgae bloom in […]

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