When waves of sargassum - a type of seaweed - washed up on Eastern Caribbean shores seven years ago, people hoped it was a one-off. Matted piles swamped coastlines from Tobago to Anguilla.

The seaweed has been inundating several beaches across the Caribbean, completely covering the shore in some instances, prompting regional tourism officials to partner with the UWI on hosting a ...

A floating mass of seaweed stretching from West Africa to ... The algal explosion in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea could signify a new normal, say US scientists. Deforestation and ...

Gas produced from the seaweed can run power plants to charge electric cars. A team of researchers on the Caribbean island of Barbados have been working to create a new sustainable fuel to power ...