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This episode discusses the shift in sargassum seaweed populations and their impact on coastal regions and marine ecosystems.

<p><img width="2560" height="1920" src="https://utmsi.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SargassumShift_UTMSI-2-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://utmsi.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SargassumShift_UTMSI-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://utmsi.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SargassumShift_UTMSI-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https://utmsi.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SargassumShift_UTMSI-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://utmsi.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SargassumShift_UTMSI-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://utmsi.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SargassumShift_UTMSI-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://utmsi.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SargassumShift_UTMSI-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some coastal areas along the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico have had a big, stinky problem over the past decade or so. Big mats of seaweed have been washing ashore. It can harm other marine life, while making the beaches unpleasant.</p> <p…

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