Assessing the sargassum belt – NASA Science0

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• July 29, 2026

sargassoa type of floating brown algae, has changed its range in recent decades, declining in the North Atlantic Sargasso Sea while proliferating in the tropical Atlantic. That trend, which has been underway since 2011, continued in 2026 when the algae, commonly known as a type of seaweed, reached its annual peak in June in a