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Houston Public Media<p>Sargassum — a specific type of seaweed that washes up on beaches in Galveston and other locales along the Texas coast — has long been native to the Atlantic Ocean, but has only recently begun to grow exponentially.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2025/05/02/520477/scientists-probe-potential-reasons-for-semi-annual-seaweed-surge-on-texas-coast/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/local/galveston/2025/05/02/520477/scientists-probe-potential-reasons-for-semi-annual-seaweed-surge-on-texas-coast/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnergyEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyEnvironment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galveston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galveston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Local</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GalvestonBeaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GalvestonBeaches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SargassoSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SargassoSea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaweedOnTexasCoasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaweedOnTexasCoasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasAMUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasAMUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheGreatAtlanticSargassumBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatAtlanticSargassumBelt</span></a></p>
Cormacs Coast<p>Sargassum seaweed (Sargassum muticum) or Wire-weed is an invasive seaweed, originating in Japan that is now found all along our coastline. Believed to have been spread between oyster farms. The small round air bladders help it float upright in the water column - and spread along the coasts when fragmented during stormy weather. <br>County Clare, Ireland.</p><p>Cormacscoast.com walking tours </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wildatlanticway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildatlanticway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/walkingtours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walkingtours</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discoverireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discoverireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/keepdiscovering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keepdiscovering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaweed</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>RPRA: IDB supports circular economy initiatives in four CARICOM countries…</p><p>The Inter-American Development Bank, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDB</span></a>, has selected projects from Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago for funding under its Sargassum Innovation Quest. This initiative, in partnership with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>, aims to address the environmental challenges posed by <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sargassum</span></a> influxes along the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> coast... <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/caricom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caricom</span></a></p><p><a href="https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/rpra-idb-supports-circular-economy-initiatives-in-four-caricom-countries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">formuchdeliberation.wordpress.</span><span class="invisible">com/2025/01/21/rpra-idb-supports-circular-economy-initiatives-in-four-caricom-countries/</span></a></p>
Kathy Bryson<p>When life gives you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaweed</span></a>... love the innovation here, turning a problem into a bigger solution!</p><p>From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> cars <br><a href="https://buff.ly/4fYjE9Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4fYjE9Y</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sargassum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternativefuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternativefuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biofuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biofuel</span></a></p>
Andre Nantel<p>A nice story to raise your spirit. <br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/environnement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environnement</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/carribean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carribean</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr71vpz4ypo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/czr71vpz</span><span class="invisible">4ypo</span></a></p>
Ryan Hodnett<p>Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)<br><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_Wireweed_(Sargassum_muticum)_-_Stavanger,_Norway_2021-08-03.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Japanese_Wireweed_(Sargassum_muticum)_-_Stavanger,_Norway_2021-08-03.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seaweed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CCBYSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCBYSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MarineAlgae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineAlgae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SeaLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArtWithOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtWithOpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Swimming <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crustacean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crustacean</span></a> eats unlikely food source in the deep ocean <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-crustacean-food-source-deep-ocean.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-crustace</span><span class="invisible">an-food-source-deep-ocean.html</span></a></p><p>A <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> isopod that consumes <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> sinking from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a>’s surface <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0823" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rspb.2024.0823</span></a></p><p>"Using the submersible <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Alvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alvin</span></a>, scientists encountered this isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep... Surprisingly, these <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/isopods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isopods</span></a> can be seen carrying something more common on the ocean's surface: large pieces of Sargassum <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>. At the surface, Sargassum grows using photosynthesis, forming floating forests"</p>
Cormacs Coast<p>A By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella) washed up on the shore with a sprinkling of Sargassum seaweed "berries".<br>County Clare, Ireland.</p><p>Cormacscoast.com walking tours </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wildatlanticway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildatlanticway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/walkingtours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walkingtours</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discoverireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discoverireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/keepdiscovering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keepdiscovering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bythewindsailor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bythewindsailor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Secrets of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sargassum</span></a>: Scientists advance knowledge of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaweed</span></a> causing chaos in the Caribbean and West Africa<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-secrets-sargassum-scientists-advance-knowledge.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-05-secrets-</span><span class="invisible">sargassum-scientists-advance-knowledge.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2312173121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2312</span><span class="invisible">173121</span></a></p><p>"floating mats of sargassum have long been present in the North <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Atlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlantic</span></a>. However, since 2011, a population has established between West Africa and South America, and increased in size to form 'the great Atlantic sargassum belt'—a 9,000km-long bloom, visible from space and estimated to weigh 35 million tons."</p>
Key Biscayne Independent<p>Village gets $1.2M as Legislature passes budget : </p><p>The Village had sought about $2.6 million in project funding, but wound up with less than half of that - $1.2 million.<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Condo30" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Condo30</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Condominium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Condominium</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CrandonBoulevard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrandonBoulevard</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/drainage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drainage</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GovRonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovRonDeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/K8basin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>K8basin</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KathleenPassidomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KathleenPassidomo</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PaulRenner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulRenner</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republican</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scooter</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/stormwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stormwater</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VickiLopez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VickiLopez</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Miami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miami</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kbindependent.org/2024/03/08/village-gets-1-2m-as-legislature-passes-budget/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kbindependent.org/2024/03/08/v</span><span class="invisible">illage-gets-1-2m-as-legislature-passes-budget/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I remember this story from last year...</p><p>‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pathogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathogen</span></a>’ Storm: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VibrioBacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VibrioBacteria</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plastic</span></a> Marine Debris</p><p>By gisele galoustian | 5/18/2023</p><p>"A new study uncovers how the interplay between Sargassum spp., plastic marine debris and Vibrio bacteria creates the perfect 'pathogen' storm that has implications for both marine life and public health. Vibrio bacteria are found in waters around the world and are the dominant cause of death in humans from the marine environment. For example, Vibrio vulnificus, one of more than 100 species of Vibrio, sometimes referred to as flesh-eating bacteria, can cause life-threatening foodborne illnesses from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seafood</span></a> consumption as well as disease and death from open <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wound</span></a> infections.</p><p>"Since 2011, Sargassum, free-living populations of brown macroalga, have been rapidly expanding in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SargassoSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SargassoSea</span></a> and other parts of the open ocean such as the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, including frequent and unprecedented seaweed accumulation events on beaches. Plastic marine debris, first found in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea, has become a worldwide concern, and is known to persist decades longer than natural substrates in the marine environment.</p><p>"Currently, little is known about the ecological relationship of vibrios with Sargassum. Moreover, genomic and metagenomic evidence has been lacking as to whether vibrios colonizing plastic marine debris and Sargassum could potentially infect humans. As summer kicks into high gear and efforts are underway to find innovative solutions to repurpose Sargassum, could these substrates pose a triple threat to public health?</p><p>"Researchers from Florida Atlantic University and collaborators fully sequenced the genomes of 16 Vibrio cultivars isolated from eel larvae, plastic marine debris, Sargassum, and seawater samples collected from the Caribbean and Sargasso seas of the North Atlantic Ocean. What they discovered is Vibrio pathogens have the unique ability to 'stick' to microplastics and that these microbes might just be adapting to plastic. </p><p>“'Plastic is a new element that’s been introduced into marine environments and has only been around for about 50 years,' said Tracy Mincer, Ph.D., corresponding lead author and an assistant professor of biology at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. 'Our lab work showed that these Vibrio are extremely aggressive and can seek out and stick to plastic within minutes. We also found that there are attachment factors that microbes use to stick to plastics, and it is the same kind of mechanism that pathogens use.'</p><p>"The study, published in the journal Water Research , illustrates that open ocean vibrios represent an up to now undescribed group of microbes, some representing potential new species, possessing a blend of pathogenic and low nutrient acquisition genes, reflecting their pelagic habitat and the substrates and hosts they colonize. Utilizing metagenome-assembled genome (MAG), this study represents the first Vibrio spp. genome assembled from plastic debris.</p><p>"The study highlighted vertebrate pathogen genes closely related to cholera and non-cholera bacterial strains. Phenotype testing of cultivars confirmed rapid biofilm formation, hemolytic and lipophospholytic activities, consistent with pathogenic potential.</p><p>"Researchers also discovered that zonula occludens toxin or 'zot' genes, first described in Vibrio cholerae, which is a secreted toxin that increases intestinal permeability, were some of the most highly retained and selected genes in the vibrios they found. These vibrios appear to be getting in through the gut, getting stuck in the intestines and infecting that way.</p><p>"'Another interesting thing we discovered is a set of genes called ‘zot’ genes, which causes leaky gut syndrome,' said Mincer. 'For instance, if a fish eats a piece of plastic and gets infected by this Vibrio, which then results in a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeakyGut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeakyGut</span></a> and diarrhea, it’s going to release waste nutrients such <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nitrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nitrogen</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/phosphate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phosphate</span></a> that could stimulate Sargassum growth and other surrounding organisms.'</p><p>"Findings show some Vibrio spp. in this environment have an ‘omnivorous’ lifestyle targeting both plant and animal hosts in combination with an ability to persist in oligotrophic conditions. With increased human-Sargassum-plastic marine debris interactions, associated microbial flora of these substrates could harbor potent opportunistic pathogens. Importantly, some cultivation-based data show beached Sargassum appear to harbor high amounts of Vibrio bacteria.</p><p>"'I don’t think at this point, anyone has really considered these microbes and their capability to cause infections,' said Mincer. 'We really want to make the public aware of these associated risks. In particular, caution should be exercised regarding the harvest and processing of Sargassum biomass until the risks are explored more thoroughly.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/perfect-pathogen-storm.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/perf</span><span class="invisible">ect-pathogen-storm.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microplastics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anticonsumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anticonsumerism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degrowth</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanUpYourMess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanUpYourMess</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCorporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigCorporations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumerism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Floating <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> acts as a raft for juvenile <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pelagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pelagic</span></a> fish <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-01-algae-raft-juvenile-pelagic-fish.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-01-algae-ra</span><span class="invisible">ft-juvenile-pelagic-fish.html</span></a></p><p>Stable isotopes reveal <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sargassum</span></a> rafts provide a trophic subsidy to juvenile pelagic fishes <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272771423003384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0272771423003384</span></a></p><p>"These rafts attract large numbers of juvenile <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> and other animals and are a potentially important transitional habitat for pre-settlement coastal <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fishes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fishes</span></a>... Macroalgal rafts can exceed a square kilometer, thus providing extensive habitat in some regions"</p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>"The "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a>" is a very painful dream."</p><p>Returning to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> with $55 after decades in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OmarVazquez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OmarVazquez</span></a> started his own successful <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plant</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> and soon expanded into a more personal pursuit of using the massive amounts of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sargassum</span></a> washing ashore to make <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bricks</span></a>.</p><p>These blooms are likely caused by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, and this business may soon be another Everything, Everywhere, All at Once option for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HomeBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeBuilding</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/insulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insulation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/2fXiboAGQvM?si=jbeEvANn9m-uyejB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/2fXiboAGQvM?si=jbeEvA</span><span class="invisible">Nn9m-uyejB</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Study identifies nutrients as a driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-10-nutrients-driver-great-atlantic-sargassum.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-10-nutrient</span><span class="invisible">s-driver-great-atlantic-sargassum.html</span></a></p><p>Nutrient and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/arsenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arsenic</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biogeochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biogeochemistry</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> in the western <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Atlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlantic</span></a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41904-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-023</span><span class="invisible">-41904-4</span></a> </p><p>"Under normal conditions, the floating <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms. However, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt that emerged in 2011 has since then caused unprecedented inundations of this brown <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaweed</span></a> on Caribbean coastlines, with harmful effects on ecosystems"</p>
jenifer daniels ♎ :verified:<p>ENTREPRENEUR BUILDS HURRICANE-PROOF HOMES USING BRICKS MADE OUT OF COSTLY INVASIVE PLANTS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sargassum</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/sargassum-seaweed-invasive-algae-bricks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecooldown.com/green-tech/sar</span><span class="invisible">gassum-seaweed-invasive-algae-bricks/</span></a></p>
KaylinQ<p>Secrets of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a><br>Dr. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BrianLapointe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianLapointe</span></a>, Research Professor<br>Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at<br>Florida Atlantic University<br>Dr. Lapointe shares his work on the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt in the tropical Atlantic Ocean that has been the source of Sargassum impacting the Caribbean region since 2011.</p><p>November 30th, 2023 @ 1 PM ET</p><p><a href="https://angari.org/sargassum-blooms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">angari.org/sargassum-blooms/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p>Long-term study finds <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/nitrogen_fixation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nitrogen_fixation</span></a> hot spots in Atlantic seaweed.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/diazotrophs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diazotrophs</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/epiphytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epiphytes</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/Sargassum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargassum</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-08-long-term-nitrogen-fixation-hot-atlantic.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-08-long-ter</span><span class="invisible">m-nitrogen-fixation-hot-atlantic.html</span></a></p>
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