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Ships-entangling Sargassum seaweed spotted from space for the first time
Jun 7 2007, Irani

A breath of relief for the navy men who are worried and disgusted by their ships’ getting entangled in dense floating vegetation, while sailing across the western Gulf of Mexico, at least.

It is not easy to spot the Sargassum seaweed that creates...

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