Why Is NASA Tracking Seaweed From Space?

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Something strange has been happening to the beaches across the Caribbean in recent years. Large amounts of a brown seaweed – called Sargassum – have been washing up on shorelines. In the open ocean, Sargassum is essential habitat, but can cause a whole host of issues when it washes up on Caribbean coastlines. So where is this seaweed coming from? And how is NASA tracking it? Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Universal Production Music: “Monday Morning Instrumental” by David Harms Producer: Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Scientist: Roy Armstrong (University of Puerto Rico) Videographer: Milan Loiacono (NASA/ARC) Visualizer: Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) Animator: Wes Buchanan (ARES Corporation) Narrator: Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) Editor: Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14692. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14692. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines. If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com

Published 2024-09-30 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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