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  <title><![CDATA[Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self‑sustaining disaster that will keep coming back]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In an article published by&nbsp;<em>The Conversation</em>, Professor&nbsp;<a href="https://biosciences.gatech.edu/people/joseph-montoya">Joseph Montoya</a>, Postdoctoral Fellow&nbsp;<strong>Xing Zhou</strong>, and their&nbsp;collaborator discuss sargassum blooms and their impact on the Caribbean and Gulf coasts and the coasts of the tropical Atlantic. According to their research, the vast mats of smelly, brown seaweed affecting these areas may have entered a "self-sustaining cycle, effectively feeding their own expansion."</p>]]></body>
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