Take a deep breath, Florida beachgoers. The big, smelly seaweed blob that was washing up on our beaches has drastically shrunk. The record-breaking mass of sargassum seaweed, known as the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, shrunk by 75% last month in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report from the University of South Florida. Researchers wrote that the sudden shrinkage in June was "beyond expectation" after they saw only a slight decrease (about 15%) in the seaweed mass in May. For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/florida-seaweed-blob-sargassum-shrinks/67-482c4250-8a51-4a5b-a451-228fcfa84d90 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay