While there has been a noticeable decline in the levels of sargassum seaweed along Barbados’ beaches, several areas continue ...

A Barbados clean energy project using seaweed and rum waste to make biogas was showcased at a UN ocean forum, highlighting ...

Marine biologist Micaela Small floats amid sargassum near the shore of Brownes Beach, on the southern coast of Barbados. Image courtesy of Lautaro Isern. A public concern ahead of COP30 ...

The Caribbean region is experiencing a record influx of sargassum seaweed, a brown, prickly algae, impacting beaches, tourism, and even wildlife. This natural phenomenon has escalated in recent ...

Each year, between March and October, large amounts of brown seaweed called sargassum wash up on the shores of Caribbean islands – choking beaches, damaging marine life and threatening tourism ...

The sargassum problem is just one of many slow-onset events that are being exacerbated by climate change. But gradual changes get much less attention or resources to address the consequences than ...

Sargassum seaweed is a problem throughout the Caribbean. But scientists have plans to transform it into a source of renewable energy and other opportunities.

Huge Sargassum blooms blanketed beaches along the east coast of Barbados and Puerto Rico in 2014, as well. But 2018 was among the worst in Florida, Lapointe said, adding that this year could rival ...

Sargassum, which has been distributed by ocean currents to become the world’s largest macroalgal bloom, fills over 800 dump trucks on a bad day in Barbados.

Easternmost in the Caribbean Sea, Barbados is an island-nation of dualities. The Atlantic side is tumultuous and windswept, while the Caribbean side is tranquil with soft breezes. The former ...

WASHINGTON, (CMC) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says projects from four Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have been selected to harness the potential of sargassum as a ...