The Sargasso Sea is a vast patch of ocean named for a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum. While there are many different types of algae found floating in the ocean all around world, the Sargasso Sea is unique in that it harbors species of sargassum that are 'holopelagic' — this means that the algae not only freely floats around the ocean, but it reproduces vegetatively on the high seas. Other seaweeds reproduce and begin life on the floor of the ocean.

Sargassum provides a home to an amazing variety of marine species. Turtles use sargassum mats as nurseries where hatchlings have food and shelter. Sargassum also provides essential habitat for shrimp, crab, fish, and other marine species that have adapted specifically to this floating algae. The Sargasso Sea is a spawning site for threatened and endangered eels, as well as white marlin, porbeagle shark, and dolphinfish. Humpback whales annually migrate through the Sargasso Sea. Commercial fish, such as tuna, and birds also migrate through the Sargasso Sea and depend on it for food.

While all other seas in the world are defined at least in part by land boundaries, the Sargasso Sea is defined only by ocean currents. It lies within the Northern Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. The Gulf Stream establishes the Sargasso Sea's western boundary, while the Sea is further defined to the north by the North Atlantic Current, to the east by the Canary Current, and to the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current. Since this area is defined by boundary currents, its borders are dynamic, correlating roughly with the Azores High Pressure Center for any particular season.

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  • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I was talking to my mom about caffeine and she mentioned it can help people with ADHD like my dad. This was new information to me. Then I was like oh wait do you think have ADHD and she's like idk but you tested for it as a kid.

    That seems like something they could've mentioned sometime lol this explains some things

    • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      My parents always just assumed I had it and I didn't confirm myself until after I hit 30, at least they checked haha

      Also caffeine doesn't do shit for me and it's not like I have much of a tolerance (only drink 2 cups a day max). I won't actually feel anything unless I drink like a quart of iced coffee.

    • JamesConeZone [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      to be fair, if you're near 30 yrs old and in the USA, like every kid was confirmed for ADHD because they couldn't sit still in school and because there were large incentives to push ritalin on kids, so it doesn't necessarily mean much (but it could!)

      • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Funnily enough in school I was well behaved. I was also extremely quiet and only started speaking to other kids in 3rd grade

        But at home I was bouncing off the walls