Weekly data on beach water quality is from the Florida Department of Health. Red tide and algal bloom data are from FWC. Red ...

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

Tons of sargassum — seaweed — is floating far out in the Atlantic Ocean. It could begin coming ashore in the spring.

Red tides often taint the water red or brown ... The University of South Florida monitors, researches and forecasts sargassum blooms in order to eventually be able to predict when it might ...

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