How to Use sargassum in a Sentence

sargassum

noun
  • In this case, it's made from a type of brown algae, a seaweed known as sargassum.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 2023-04-01
  • Researchers think the Gulf will start to see more sargassum in the coming weeks.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 2025-04-01
  • The chip: an intense-green crisp made of sargassum, a water algae.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 2018-01-16
  • The tricky part is that floating sargassum often sinks after a little while.
    — WIRED, 2023-06-23
  • But with no sense of when the onslaught of the algae, known as sargassum, will end, others are much more worried.
    — Andrea Navarro, BostonGlobe.com, 2019-07-16
  • The study says sargassum, which turns clear sea water brown, has been an issue since 2011.
    — Marcus Lim, orlandosentinel.com, 2019-07-05
  • This sargassum, or the stinky seaweed that piles up on shore, can last from April to October.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 2024-06-09
  • Not so happy are people trying to swim around the stuff or breathing in the fetid aroma of drying mounds of sargassum.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2025-05-09
  • Unlike other types of seaweed, sargassum floats on the open ocean and reproduces on the water’s surface.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 2023-04-29
  • In the Pacific, mats of kelp that breaks free inshore and float in knotted kelp paddies have the same effect as sargassum mats.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 2024-09-19
  • Part of the problem now is that the amount of sargassum in the oceans has increased dramatically in the last 15 years or so.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 2023-03-17
  • The Sargasso Sea is so named because of the mats of free-floating sargassum seaweed that grow there.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2021-05-10
  • Not only were they found to be eating sargassum, a type of floating brown algae, but these plants were contributing to their energy and growth.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 2022-08-09
  • Scientists estimate there’s more than 10 million metric tons of sargassum in the belt this year.
    — Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 2023-03-22
  • The system is so frail that a power plant recently went offline because sargassum — seaweed — blocked its filters.
    — New York Times, 2021-10-19
  • The thought on that, although it hasn't been yet completely scientifically proven, is that there have been episodes of sargassum.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2023-03-30
  • Some places, such as beaches in South Florida, have had so much sargassum at times that swimmers are blocked from entering the water.
    — Marcus Lim, sun-sentinel.com, 2019-07-05
  • Giant mounds of sargassum have already caused headaches in parts of Mexico and South Florida this year.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 2023-06-10
  • The sargassum is mixed with organic materials like clay and baked in the sun, and it's estimated these blocks will last 120 years.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 2023-04-27
  • The collected sargassum is eventually destined for landfills, but in the interim, it is piled just offshore, emitting a foul odor.
    — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 2023-05-01
  • But this year’s sargassum mass could be the largest on record — spanning more than 5,000 miles from the coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2023-03-15
  • The sargassum could reach the Lesser Antilles, on the far eastern side of the Caribbean within a couple of months, Hu said.
    — USA TODAY, 2024-01-24
  • The sargassum could reach the Lesser Antilles, on the far eastern side of the Caribbean, within a couple of months, Hu said.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, The Enquirer, 2024-06-12
  • The algorithm picked out a sound within a dolphin pod that the researchers had earlier trained the dolphins to associate with sargassum seaweed—a clumpy, floaty plant that dolphins sometimes play with.
    — Philip Ball, The New Yorker, 2021-04-27
  • Most of the mass, known as the great Atlantic sargassum belt, is headed to the Caribbean Sea, putting small island nations more at risk of the seaweed invasion.
    — Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 2023-03-17
  • Satellite images show a train of sargassum seaweed stretching from the west coast of Africa to Florida, stretching as far as 5,000 miles.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 2023-03-27
  • Along parts of South Florida's Atlantic coast, mounds of seaweed known as sargassum have been pushed ashore by strong winds and ocean currents, dulling the water and coating beaches.
    — Jennifer Kay, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-07-10
  • About 31 million metric tons of sargassum was recorded between Africa and the Caribbean in April, according to Hu.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 2025-05-02
  • In previous years, June continued to see increases of sargassum in most regions, according to the USF report.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2025-06-05
  • Just last year, the U.S. Virgin Islands declared a state of emergency due to its levels of sargassum—and still saw thousands of patients with acute exposure to hydrogen sulfide.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 2023-03-15

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