Topic
Seaweed
2 questions tagged Seaweed — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
what
What is sargassum?
Sargassum is a genus of brown seaweed that often floats freely at the ocean surface. It forms long mats that can drift across the Atlantic and provide habitat for marine life.
Marine biologySeaweed
why
Why do the Great Sargassum Seaweed mats stay afloat in the Atlantic Ocean?
Sargassum stays afloat because it has small gas-filled bladders that act like natural floaters. These mats drift with currents and create a floating habitat in the open ocean.
Oceans and seasSeaweed