A toxic algae bloom is already killing fish along the Gulf Coast, causing a stench. Now, a blob of seaweed twice as wide as the United States is drifting across the Atlantic.
twice as wide as the United States is drifting across the Atlantic and could wash ashore in the coming weeks, creating an even bigger mess.
It's not the only effect. The ocean breeze can carry a toxin released by the red tide algae ashore, which can cause health problems for people including coughing, irritated throat and itchy eyes, as well as difficulty breathing and asthma attacks. In other words, while pollution is"definitely" not the cause of the problem, according to Parsons,"it may be aggravating the problem."
"As we were walking from our car, I thought, 'Oh what's that stench,' but then once you get on the beach the wind makes it not so bad," Coulter said. Still, another problem now looms: a 5,000-mile-wide patchwork of seaweed clumps in the Atlantic that is making its way toward the Caribbean and Mexico – and Florida beaches.
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