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Eric Niiler | The New York Times

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Shifting climate alters pattern of Atlantic’s giant seaweed blobs

Eric Niiler | The New York Times

Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.