A new robot is designed to sink sargassum before the stinky seaweed comes ashore. Sargassum can wreck local economies, ecosystems — and even threaten human health, some research suggests.
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This week, NPR is doing something new – we’re dedicating an entire week to stories and conversations about the search for climate solutions. This next one is about a robot and sargassum. It’s a seaweed that floats around the North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Since 2011, the overall amount of sargassum has been increasing. And NPR’s Emily Olson reports that when it comes too close to the
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