But Sargassum does have its benefits too. When in the water, it's a vibrant community that supports animals like fish and sea turtles. Coastal Parks Director Scott Cross said that when it comes on ...

Cross explained another option is to make sargassum into a pile, rotate it like a compost bin, spread it out after it dries and cover it with sand. He said there is a reason why not all of it will ...

Cross explained another option is to make sargassum into a pile, rotate it like a compost bin, spread it out after it dries and cover it with sand. He said there is a reason why not all of it will ...

The story of Sargassum stretches from the Congo to the Amazon, from soybean farming to climate change and from toxic gasses to robotic vehicles. In this documentary researchers from around the ...

How a Surge of Sargassum Seaweed Is Changing the Beach Vacation Thick, brown swaths of seaweed sully Caribbean and US shorelines every season. Here’s how hoteliers, advisers and travelers are ...

Sargassum, a type of large brown algae, floats like rafts in the ocean and starts to decay on beaches under the hot sun. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Large chunks of brownish seaweed are washing ...

Note: Sargassum density detected via satellite imagery analysis by researchers at the University of South Florida. The legend values range from 0% to 0.5% and greater, referring to the percent of ...

Sargassum is a growing problem. NASA satellite photos show bigger and bigger blooms, with an increasing number of record-breaking years since 2011.Last June, over 24 million tons of sargassum ...

According to Scott Cross, the director of Nueces County Coastal Parks, sargassum is beneficial for the environment. "It helps to stabilize our shorelines because it's got such great sand-trapping ...

So, this week on The Inquiry we’re asking, ‘What’s going on with sargassum seaweed?’ Contributors: Dr. Chuanmin Hu, Professor of Oceanography, University of South Florida College of Marine ...