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Anchorperson:
Beach goers, beware. A gigantic stretch of
seaweed, 5000 miles wide, about twice the width of the
United States is drifting toward Florida’s coast. And it’s a
seaweed variety called sargassum that forms large
pungent blooms and this mass could be the largest on
record. I am joined now by hydrologist and
environmental engineer Doctor Tracy Fanara. Doctor,
good to see you. So, what is this kind of collection of
clumps of seaweed right now and where is it heading?
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Doctor Tracy Fanara:

Yeah, so we get a bloom of sargassum every
year. It’s been going on for hundreds of years. It comes
from North Atlantic, Sargasso sea, into the Caribbean
and then eventually into the gulf. We don’t know exactly
where will it be in peak season and how much of it will
come to our shore and hit our beaches in southwest
Florida, but this bloom has increased in size, doubled,
from December to January and now it’s still growing.
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Anchorperson:
Oh, okay. So it sounds yucky. It sounds like a
nuisance. But there is an upside to this right because it
does provide some shelter maybe even some food to a
lot of marine life. So, explain I guess how mother nature
sees some real benefits of sargassum?
Doctor Tracy Fanara:
Oh yeah, sargassum patches; they are basically
floating and moving ecosystems. So, sargassum plays
a huge role in our ecosystem and then in addition to
that it’s a carbon sequestration mechanism as well.
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Anchorperson:
So, then are there also dangers with it?
Doctor Tracy Fanara:
Yeah, well so it is a non-toxic microscopic algae
so it is a non- toxic species but when it comes to shore
in mass amounts that’s when it can be a nuisance and
starts being problematic.
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Anchorperson:
Right, because it’s so fragrant. You know it’s just a very
strong pungent smell but I guess for people with respiratory
problems it can be a real problem. Is that true?
Doctor Tracy Fanara:
Yeah, so sulfur-dioxide the gas or one of the gases that
is released from the dying and decomposing sargassum, it
smells like rotten eggs and can give you itchy eyes and
respiratory irritation but what is one two punch for southwest
Florida is that we already have an ongoing toxic species of
micro algae called karenia bravis. The blooms are commonly
known as Florida red tide. So, that bloom is already plaguing
southwest Florida. The toxins not causes mass wildlife death
but also causes people to have respiratory irritation issues and
those with asthma or COPD can be really serious.
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Anchorperson:
So, this sargassum and this red tide are coexisting you
know in southwest Florida. Do we know whether there is going
to be you know I guess a grater integration of those two on one
side of the coast versus the other?
Doctor Tracy Fanara:
That’s a really great question. It mostly impacts the west
coast of Florida. When we usually see sargassum come to our
shore that’s really the question, will the Florida red tide still be
intense and will the sargassum interfere with the Florida red tide
bloom in a sense that it will outcompete hopefully Florida red
tide, suffocate Florida red tide bloom. But if it comes to shore
and starts decomposing, it can release nutrients that can feed
red tide. So, we will see what happens.
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Anchorperson:
Ok, we will indeed. Doctor Tracy Fanara so glad
you could be with us, thank you so much. Thank you so
much for having me.
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Seaweed has a long and varied history of use by human

societies around the world. The use of seaweed dates
back thousands of years, with it’s evidence of it’s
consumption and use in medicine, in production of glass
and soap, as a traditional food and as a fertilizer for
crops.
Seaweeds are a fascinating and diverse group of
organisms living in the Earth’s ocean. They can be very
tiny, or quite large, growing up to 30 meters long.
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Sargassum is a type of
seaweed that typically
floats in large mats in the
open ocean. In recent
years, there have been
widespread reports of
large amounts of
sargassum washing up
on beaches throughout
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico
and South Florida.
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The sargassum can release a strong, unpleasant odor a

sit decomposes, leading to concerns about it’s impact
on tourism and the local economy. The smell can also
be a health hazard, especially for people with
respiratory problems.
Scientists believe that the increased presence of
sargassum is linked to climate change and changes in
ocean currents. The mats of sargassum provide a
habitat for a wide range of marine life, but too much of it
can be harmful to ecosystems, blocking sunlight and
oxygen form reaching the water below.
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Efforts are underway to find ways to mitigate the impact
of sargassum on beaches and local communities.
These include using heavy equipment to remove the
sargassum from the beach, as well as developing new
technologies to recycle the seaweed into useful
products.
Some countries have also begun using the
sargassum as a source of fuel for power plants or as a
fertilizer for crops. Overall, the increased presence of
sargassum is a complex issue that requires careful
consideration of both environmental and economic
impacts.
DIFFICULT WORDS
Gigantic
Seaweed
Plant
Of verygrowing
great sizeinorthe sea especially marine algae
extent
Synonyms: huge, enormous, vast, immense, mammoth
Antonyms: tiny, miniature, microscopic, diminutive
 Sargassum
Is a genus of brown seaweed/macro-algae
 Bloom
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
synonyms: bud, flourishing, blossom, efflorescence
Antonyms: decay, blight, blast, harshness, toughness
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 Drifting
Gulf
Deep inlet
Carried of sea
slowly surrounded
by a by or
current of air land, with a narrow mouth
water
Synonyms: float,
Synonyms: bay, sea
bob,inlet, bight, arms
be wafted, of sea, cove
be carried
Antonyms: standing,
Antonyms: blockage,static,
closing, stoppage,
still, hindrance
motionless

 Nuisance
 Clump
A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance
A small group of trees or plants growing closely together
Synonyms: irritant, bother, bore, annoyance
Synonyms: group, collection, cluster, bunch
Antonyms: help, blessing, benefit, delight
Antonyms: individual, one, whole
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 Outcompete
 One two punch
Integration
process
Used
Involve of achieving
to describe
combining a competitive
a powerful
and advantage
and effective
unifying combination
different parts
of
to two
and things
create
gaining or actions
a dominance
more cohesive
in a and functional
particular whole
market
Synonyms:
industrydouble
Synonyms:
or whammy,
merging, powerful
fusion, combination
unification
Antonyms:
Antonyms: powerless
disunity, combination, ineffective action
separation, division
Synonyms: outperform, outclass, top, exceed
Antonyms: underperform, log, trail, lose, fail
 Upside
 Plague
Highest
Meansortouppermost side of anything
cause persistent trouble, distress or
Synonyms:
annoyanceadvantage,
to someone benefit, potential, merits
Antonyms:
Synonyms:downside, disadvantage,
afflict, distress, trouble,pitfall,
annoy drawback
Antonyms: comfort, aid, help, please, relieve
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 Lead:
It is the first and most important part of news.
Example:
Beach goers, beware. A gigantic stretch
of seaweed, 5000 miles wide, about twice
the width of the United States is drifting toward
Florida’s coast. And it’s a seaweed variety
called sargassum that forms large pungent
blooms and this mass could be the largest
on record.
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 Headline:
The title of news report. It is used to catch
the attention of the reader.

 Dateline:
Name of city from where a story originated .
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 Kicker:
Headline written on the
top of main headline.

 Body:
Includes the information
that explains the topic,
arguments, background
details and evidence.
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