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Sargasso Sea

noun

  1. a relatively calm area of water in the N Atlantic, NE of the West Indies.



Sargasso Sea

noun

  1. a calm area of the N Atlantic, between the Caribbean and the Azores, where there is an abundance of floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum

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"And we've still yet to see breeding at the Sargasso Sea."

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Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from the Sargasso Sea and linked to climate change – were carpeting the region’s prized coastlines, repelling holidaymakers with the pungent stench emitted as it rots.

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Bermuda, located in the northwest region of the Sargasso Sea, is separated from the continental mainland United States by about 1,000 kilometers.

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Sargassum And the Sargasso Sea Sargassum normally grows in the Sargasso Sea, a huge area in the Atlantic Ocean.

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An effort led by the government of Bermuda is advocating for the Atlantic Ocean’s Sargasso Sea, which also contains a garbage patch, to be named a marine protected area.

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