Sargasso Sea
With an ever-changing location in the North Atlantic Ocean and bound by four currents forming an ocean gyre, the Sargasso Sea is often called the “Golden Floating Rainforest” due to the massive amounts of the floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum that populate its surface and to its paramount ecological role as a migratory corridor, […]
With an ever-changing location in the North Atlantic Ocean and bound by four currents forming an ocean gyre, the Sargasso Sea is often called the “Golden Floating Rainforest” due to the massive amounts of the floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum that populate its surface and to its paramount ecological role as a migratory corridor, spawning habitat and biodiversity haven. Part of a series created for the “World Heritage in the High Seas, an Idea whose time has come” campaign. 2020. Digital medium. Client: UNESCO World Heritage Center.