The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
From Earth Wise by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
October 17, 2025 · 2 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the ecological significance of Sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sargassum is a free-floating brown seaweed that can drift together in vast mats, sometimes stretching for miles across the ocean’s surface. For centuries, these blooms have been a natural part of the Atlantic, creating food and shelter for many marine creatures. Sargassum was once thought to be confined mainly to the Sargasso Sea in the […]
Topics covered
- Sargassum
- marine life
- ocean ecology
- seaweed
- environment
Keywords
- Sargassum
- seaweed
- marine creatures
- ocean
- ecology
- Sargasso Sea
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Atlantic, Sargasso Sea
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