Why is NASA Tracking Seaweed from Space? | Goddard Space Flight Center

Why is NASA Tracking Seaweed from Space? | Goddard Space Flight Center

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

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)

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: Sept. 30, 2024

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