A giant, smelly seaweed blob that stretches from west Africa to the Gulf of Mexico continues to shrink increasing the chances that its impact to Florida will be less than feared.

The massive blob of seaweed that started stinking up Florida beaches earlier this year has started to shrink, according to researchers at the University of South Florida.

A study found that a 5,000-mile-long Sargassum seaweed clump off of Florida's east coast has been carrying floating plastics that hold the bacteria.

News 6 chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells explains the science behind waterspouts, mammatus clouds and floating fire ant islands.

Stinky blobs of seaweed are already washing ashore in parts of Florida.

There's a pesky problem in a wide stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that's likely to wash up on some beaches later this year: Seaweed.

A giant seaweed blob twice the size of the US is heading towards Florida. It's already causing health problems with red tide on the West coast of the state and scientists say it will also have an affect on the East coast.

A massive seaweed blob so large that it is visible from space is heading towards the Florida Gulf coast.