Complex world. #Sargassum is a huge ecologic and economic problem in coastal regions (especially Mexico). But this huge amount of floating seagrass is also a sign that nature adapts. Somehow. "while acknowledging its onshore harms, some researchers are now recognizing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt as a significant new habitat for marine life in the open ocean, and a valuable carbon sink for the planet." ... “the largest interconnected floating biome on Earth.” "There could, in other words, be a policy sweet spot, in which beaches and coastal ecosystems are protected by commercially sustainable harvesting, while the species-sheltering belt in the open ocean persists." https://e360.yale.edu/features/sargassum-belt @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social (tagging you because you posted about #sargasso)