Clumps of the brownish seaweed known as sargassum have long washed up on Caribbean coastlines, but researchers say the algae blooms have exploded in extent and frequency in recent years.
As someone who’s lived in Mexico since 2018, I wrote this article to help you avoid the Cancun beaches seaweed issue, so that you have a nice vacation. I’ve personally visited Cancun numerous ...
The western Atlantic had a significant increase in sargassum from November as a result of both local blooms and seaweed traveling west from the waters off Africa. The band of seaweed annually ...
When Dr. Dennis McGillicuddy fished with his grandfather in the waters off the coast of Miami, he said they looked for sargassum–because seaweed was a sign of life. “Our objective was to find ...
Five Caribbean countries including Belize will be a part of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) plan to turn the sargassum seaweed crisis that has been plaguing the country, into a source of ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — 2025 is likely to be a “major” year for Sargassum seaweed, which occurs in thick mats that sometimes inundate Florida beaches. University of South Florida researchers ...
A Finnish algae processing company is considering installing a plant in the Dominican Republic given the negative impact of the sargassum seaweed invasion of its beaches and tourism industry.