{"id":5260,"date":"2020-08-07T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=5260"},"modified":"2020-08-13T22:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T02:39:01","slug":"sargassum-a-beautiful-menace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/sargassum-a-beautiful-menace\/","title":{"rendered":"Sargassum A Beautiful Menace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Here is the Instagram video of “Sargassum – A Beautiful Menace” on a Barbados beach. It is remarkably beautiful with its yellow-brown carpet in the ocean and on the shore but it is not a welcome sight for vacationers and locals who use the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teams of workers have removed the Sargassum seaweed along the boardwalk beach. The ocean is sparkling clear today and the Sargassum is piled off the boardwalk and ready to go processing plans and fill. It seemed like an impossible task just a few days ago but teams of workers with shovels, rakes and wheel barrows have won the day. Sargassum is a floating seaweed that has tiny bags of air among its thick yellow-brown foliage. It looked like a carpet of yellow on the surface of ocean but thanks to changing tides and wind its blown away today – floating still but out of sight. It gathers and blooms in the middle of the North Atlantic in an area of about 2 million square miles, known as the Sargasso Sea. It is an environmental nuisance for tourism. However it is an important ecological species creating a refuge for a variety marine life. The excessive blooms are a worry as it can smother corals and seagrasses as well as impact tourism if it ends up on beaches. Global warming, deforestation and fertilizers are suspected to be driving the current excessive blooms. Barbados is tackling the issue with manpower and new machinery for harvesting it at sea. A number of entrepreneurs are harvesting it for fertilizers and medical uses. According to indigo-herbs.co.uk It is a vital source of iodine and is rich in a nutrients. “It has a long history of traditional use and has been used in Asian traditional medicine systems for thousands of years.” See more about Barbados Tourism revival in spike of all the obstacles. ▶️https:\\\\barbados.org\\blog\\tourismrevival\\ #sargassum #barbados #boardwalk #tapas<\/a><\/p>

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