Sep 8, 2023 · Scientists stumbled upon the smooth, soft object stuck tightly to a rock about two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean on August 30. They had been using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)...

Mar 17, 2023 · Scientists say that reports of a massive blob of seaweed slamming into coastlines are overblown because the Sargassum algae are scattered across the ocean, and much of the seaweed will never...

The Chilean blob or Chilean monster (Spanish: Monstruo chileno) [1] was a large globster (mass of organic tissue) found on Pinuno Beach in Los Muermos, Chile, in July 2003. It weighed 13 tonnes (14 tons) and measured 12 metres (39 ft) across. [2] .

The Blob is an anomalous body having sea surface temperature much above normal, seen here in a graphic of April 2014 by the NOAA. The Blob is a large mass of relatively warm water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of North America that was first detected in late 2013 and continued to spread throughout 2014 and 2015.

Mar 18, 2023 · A giant blob of seaweed twice the width of the continental United States is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump smelly and...

A globster or blob is an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water. A globster is distinguished from a normal beached carcass by being hard to identify, at least by initial untrained observers, and by creating controversy as to its identity.

Jun 28, 2023 · Enormous clumps of sargassum wash onto beaches in Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico (Credit: Getty Images) The world's biggest bloom of sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean is filled with plastic and...

Apr 1, 2023 · In reality, the so-called blob, while big, is well-known to scientists and has been carefully studied for more than a decade. And it won’t just affect Florida. Here’s what we know about it — and the nasty bacteria that public-health experts are …

Mar 14, 2023 · For much of the year, an enormous brown blob floats, relatively harmlessly, across the Atlantic Ocean. Its tendrils provide shelter and breeding grounds for fish, crabs and sea turtles....

Apr 17, 2024 · These large floating clumps, patches, rafts, or "blobs" can stretch for miles across the ocean. The rafts provide habitats for crab, shrimp, sea turtles and fish.