From coastal challenge to sustainable opportunity: FSU researchers find new value in pelagic sargassum
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 18 -- Florida State University issued the following news:
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From coastal challenge to sustainable opportunity: FSU researchers find new value in pelagic sargassum
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Each year, massive mats of pelagic sargassum drift across the Atlantic Ocean and wash ashore along coastlines from West Africa to the Florida Gulf. What begins at sea as a floating habitat for marine life quickly becomes a serious problem once it reache . . .
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From coastal challenge to sustainable opportunity: FSU researchers find new value in pelagic sargassum
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Each year, massive mats of pelagic sargassum drift across the Atlantic Ocean and wash ashore along coastlines from West Africa to the Florida Gulf. What begins at sea as a floating habitat for marine life quickly becomes a serious problem once it reache . . .