Scientists are warning that piles of Sargassum algae on the East Coast may mingle with plastic litter and foster growth of a flesh-eating bacteria.
Scientists have discovered aThe seaweed, known as Sargassum, commonly manifests as thick,Hotels, resorts and public areas are frequently burdened with extensive clean-up duties as truckloads worth of the unpleasant plant wash ashore.
Once it is washed onto land, the sargassum usually begins to rot and decay, producing a noxious odor.Empty beach chairs sit on a beach partially covered with sargassum in Key West, Florida. Reports indicate that as summer progresses, a huge mass of sargassum seaweed which has formed in the Atlantic Ocean is possibly headed for the Florida coastlines and shores throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
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