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https://www.reefcheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sargassum2.jpg300225A recent scientific paper in the Journal 'BioInvasion Records' documented the rapid increase and spread of an invasive alga named Sargassum horneri along the coast of Southern California and down into Baja California, Mexico. The seaweed, which is native to the west coast of Japan and South Korea, was first detected in Southern California in 2003 when it was spotted near Long Beach.