Clumps of the brownish seaweed known as sargassum have long washed up on Caribbean coastlines ... senior research scientist at the University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory ...

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 ...

The band of seaweed annually stretches across the Atlantic, peaking in summer, and drifts west, often piling up on islands in the Caribbean, or continuing into the Gulf of Mexico. From there ...

Scientists are pretty sure they know where the seaweed is coming from. Now they want to know why it’s here ... van Tussenbroek arrived at National Auto­nomous University of Mexico in Puerto Morelos, a ...