That endless Sargassum problem

[chillyinCanada]

There are a number of different things being tried. Shoes, houses, fertilizer. . .even ine restaurant investigating it for nutritional value or garnish.

 

[WeRtheOcean]

I didn't know about this. In the Dominican Republic, I knew that every time there was a storm system at sea, I would find the sargassum on the beach two or three days afterward, but I just thought that was because it had been churned out of the Sargasso and was part of a normal cycle. Is the Sargasso Sea expanding, or becoming more dense than previously?

 

[chillyinCanada]

I didn't know about this. In the Dominican Republic, I knew that every time there was a storm system at sea, I would find the sargassum on the beach two or three days afterward, but I just thought that was because it had been churned out of the Sargasso and was part of a normal cycle. Is the Sargasso Sea expanding, or becoming more dense than previously?

Yes

 

[tarponchik]

People have a natural tendency to prefer explanations that keep us away from doing sacrifices. Sea urchins die-off? This is a good explanation cause we do nothing because what can we do, really? Fertilizer run off? Bad explanation cause in such case we'll have to scrap agriculture productivity. This is just an observation.

 

[Wookie]

People have a natural tendency to prefer explanations that keep us away from doing sacrifices. Sea urchins die-off? This is a good explanation cause we do nothing because what can we do, really? Fertilizer run off? Bad explanation cause in such case we'll have to scrap agriculture productivity. This is just an observation.

Worse, fertilizer runoff is 95% lawns, and commercially golf courses. Farmers tend not to over-fertilize, it's expensive and burns the crops.

 

[tarponchik]

Worse, fertilizer runoff is 95% lawns, and commercially golf courses. Farmers tend not to over-fertilize, it's expensive and burns the crops.

Sure, they too.