5,000-Mile Wide Clump of Seaweed in Atlantic Ocean is Visible from Outer Space

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/5000-mile-wide-clump-of-sargassum-seaweed-in-atlantic-ocean-is-visible-from-outer-space

5,000-Mile Wide Clump of Seaweed in Atlantic Ocean is Visible from Outer Space
ALGAE ATTACK
Katie Hawkinson
Published Mar. 11, 2023 5:29PM ET

A gigantic block of brown sargassum seaweed, twice the width of the United States, is currently floating between the Gulf of Mexico and the shore of Western Africa. The 5,000-mile wide tangle is so massive it can even be seen from space, NBC News reports. While sargassum is not an uncommon sight, a mass this large is highly unusual, experts told NBC. Ocean currents are pushing the seaweed west, causing experts to worry it will wash up in clumps across Gulf beaches as well as choke coral and diminish water quality as it begins to rot. “It can really threaten critical infrastructure,” Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor at the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science, told NBC.

[Effete Snob]

1. Everything on the surface of the planet is visible from space

I wish I knew what that expression is supposed to mean.

The car outside your home is visible from space. It is an absolutely meaningless statement.

[royable]

5. I completely agree. Blame the idiot headline writer for the daily beast. N/t

[Effete Snob]

6. If I had a nickel for each one

It would fill an Olympic swimming pool sitting on three football fields.

[Igel]

8. "With the naked eye" or unassisted is what it has to mean.

Very few people in orbit would be able to look down without some sort of device assisting their vision and say, "Oh, there's my car."

[Deuxcents]

2. We're having red tide n it's killing thousands of sea life n washing up on our beaches.

The smell is horrible, makes the eyes watery and causes respiratory problems in humans

[Samrob]

3. What will it do to cruise ships?

[pecosbob]

4. This stuff really stunk up the beach at Freeport Texas

Ruined one of my favorite beaches for years when it started washing up on the beach.

[panader0]

7. 'Horse Latitudes' by the Doors: