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 ...

The sargassum is just about everywhere, blanketing beaches on the island. Many areas, like Seawall Boulevard and 14th Street, are left looking uninviting due to the unpleasant smell.

Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, originates in the Atlantic Ocean and provides crucial habitat for marine life. Experts predict a record year for sargassum, with massive amounts already ...

Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, is expected to increase on Florida's shores in the coming weeks. The University of South Florida predicts a significant sargassum season in 2025.

A time lapsed model depicting interannual Sargassum blooms in the North Atlantic. The alga was pushed southward and injected into the tropics, where it proliferates today, through a series of ...

Beachgoers pick their way past seaweed on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla. The brownish looking seaweed variety is called sargassum and is flooding the shores of South Florida ...

Legena Henry says there is no shortage of sargassum to power cars [BBC] Sargassum on the other hand, she grimaces, is something “we will never run out of”. “Tourism has suffered a lot from the seaweed ...

They have now expanded into Antigua and Barbuda, a Caribbean island that has been having major problems with sargassum. However, Mayers and her business partner have their eyes set on expanding even ...

Caribbean islands such as Antigua and Barbados are being plagued by an invasive species of seaweed that is washing up on beaches and stinking out the area as it rots, reports the BBC.

Sargassum on the other hand, she grimaces, is something “we will never run out of”. “Tourism has suffered a lot from the seaweed; hotels have been spending millions on tackling it.

She says she leapt at the chance to take part. “Sargassum has been plaguing the region for several years,” Ms Spencer, who is from Antigua and Barbuda, explains.

“Sargassum has been plaguing the region for several years,” Ms Spencer, who is from Antigua and Barbuda, explains. “I had always wondered about this new seaweed ruining the beaches in Antigua, and ...