For those curious about numbers for 2025, a couple links: https://optics.marine.usf.edu/projects/SaWS/pdf/Sargassum_ou... https://abcnews.go.com/International/scientists-concerned-re...
> Nobody is certain why the sargassum has appeared in such volume lately
For the record 2025 volumes specifically, the ABC article notes that sudden phosphorus flushes as a result of multi-year drought-hit watersheds finally being flushed out likely contributed. Ocean ecology at scale is usually highly correlated with nutrient density.
I feel like anything I hear about that teases net negative sequestration at scale eventually falls apart or is found to be akin to a perpetual energy machine that eventually is debunked.
https://oceanvisions.org/ocean-alkalinity-enhancement/
But in general carbon absorption by oceans leads to acidification and habitat destruction.
Why would it gather more CO2 over there than it does where it already is?