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Along the Coast: Sargassum -- too much of a good thing?

Posted by Chris Felker on September 30, 2015 at 14:16

7960601482?profile=originalSargassum seaweed blankets the Ocean Ridge beach in July.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Cheryl Blackerby

    Sargassum, the brown free-floating algae that turns up on Palm Beach County’s beaches every summer, is essential for marine life. The thi

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Along the Coast: Stranded hatchlings helped to sea

Posted by Chris Felker on July 1, 2015 at 12:13

7960590855?profile=originalWhen sea turtles hatch in the dark, they make their way to the ocean

like these three little loggerheads.

File Photo

7960590686?profile=originalA cooler with instructions for leaving hatchlings

sits near the front door of the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal

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