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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 sargassum swimming crab is a remarkable pelagic crustacean that thrives among the drifting mats of seaweed in the ...
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 ...
It's heating up, Memorial Day weekend is coming, and everyone's heading to the beach. Unfortunately, so are tons of toxic seaweed. Sargassum is a beneficial resource in the Atlantic. But on ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, according to a new report. Animal rights groups ...
A woman sunbathes on a beach during the sargassum seaweed in Playa del Carmen, Mexico on June 3, 2025. REUTERS. As part of the Mexican government’s response, officials planned to focus on ...
According to the Sargassum Monitoring Network, a local NGO that tracks seaweed levels and issues a “traffic light” warning system for beaches, arrivals could surge by more than 40% in the ...
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 ...
A smelly, sometimes toxic “killer belt of seaweed” might put a damper on Floridians’ Memorial Day weekend plans. Sargassum is back just in time for the unofficial start of summer and this ...
Knee and waist-deep piles of sargassum seaweed are washing ashore along the Texas coast, creating a striking—if not smelly—scene from Padre Island to Galveston. The brown, tangled mats have ...
A record amount of sargassum is lurking in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of Florida, and could blanket Treasure Coast beaches this summer with the stinky and prickly seaweed.