Satellite images show the unusually large mat of seagrass called Sargassum that USF scientists in St. Petersburg are tracking ...

A recent study developed a deep learning model that significantly enhances the accuracy of Sargassum detection in satellite imagery, allowing for better monitoring of bloom patterns and biomass ...

Researchers Brian Barnes, Yuyuan Xie and Chuanmin Hu at the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science used satellite imagery to determine monthly amounts of sargassum in the ...

Is it a sinker or a floater? And where does it go?They're the questions AIMS scientists investigated when they recently ...

For 36 years Lapointe, a biologist with Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, has combed the Sargasso Sea, observing sargassum by satellite and ...

natans and S. fluitans. According to the Univesity of South Florida's satellite-based Sargassum Watch System (SWS), it provides food, shade and shelter to fish, crabs and turtles. It may also ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — 2025 is likely to be a “major” year for Sargassum seaweed, which occurs in thick mats that sometimes ...

The “Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt” was too sparse to observe via satellite until 2011. Researchers believe warming waters due to climate change have caused the amount of seaweed to explode.