Sargasso

These specimens of what I call my Sargasso work ( "Weeds from the Atlantic") are reproduced by the kind permission of the Houghton

The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 1877

Because they are on the eastern side of the Gulf Stream, in an area known as the Sargasso Sea, a fair amount of seaweed is floating about.

OVERBOARD ! MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS 2010

Because they are on the eastern side of the Gulf Stream, in an area known as the Sargasso Sea, a fair amount of seaweed is floating about.

OVERBOARD ! MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS 2010

On its eastern side is an area of the Atlantic called the Sargasso Sea, where the water temperature is typically in the 70s.

OVERBOARD ! MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS 2010

On its eastern side is an area of the Atlantic called the Sargasso Sea, where the water temperature is typically in the 70s.

OVERBOARD ! MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS 2010

Ron Parker was director of operations for a private intelligence organization known as the Sargasso Intelligence Program.

The Last Patriot Brad Thor 2008

In the region of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea the floating community of Sargassum alone has been estimated to be 5 to 10 million tonnes, fresh weight (Chapman and Chapman, 1980).

Chapter 7 1991

Occasionally, in shallow or warm seas, marine floating plants, large and visible like the sea-weeds of the coast, form the floating masses known as Sargasso seas; more often the plants are minute, microscopic specks visible only when a drop of water is placed under the microscope, but occurring in incredible numbers, and, like the green vegetation of the earth, forming the ultimate food-supply of all the living things around them.

Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work 1904

Occasionally, in shallow or warm seas, marine floating plants, large and visible like the sea-weeds of the coast, form the floating masses known as Sargasso seas; more often the plants are minute, microscopic specks visible only when a drop of water is placed under the microscope, but occurring in incredible numbers, and, like the green vegetation of the earth, forming the ultimate food-supply of all the living things around them.

Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900

Even in a setting such as Sargasso, there is great value to the sedimentary column.

Bürger Comment on Osborn and Briffa 2006 « Climate Audit 2007