Massive sargassum seaweed blooms in the past few years, which were among the largest ever recorded, have fouled beaches in the tropical Atlantic with their huge, stinky clumps. Now, scientists have ...

Officials in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, have reported that the region has thus far collected 1,700 tons of sargassum seaweed off the coast of Playa del Carmen, which is about the same as last year. “By ...

Sargassum is floating macroalgae that has inundated beaches in the Caribbean since 2011, impacting tourism, harming the health of humans and marine life, and costing local governments millions of ...