Will your next trip to Florida's beaches be filled with stinky seaweed? Here's what to know about sargassum and where it currently is spotted ...

Red tide toxins also can accumulate in filter-feeders such as oysters and clams, which can lead to neurotoxic shellfish poisoning in people who consume contaminated shellfish. Total sargassum in ...

The Riviera Maya on Mexico’s Caribbean coast is seeing an increase of up to 50% more sargassum seaweed on its beaches this ...

Identifying viruses associated with red tide can help researchers forecast the development of blooms and better understand environmental factors that can cause blooms to terminate. The study marks ...

Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009--2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum into the tropical Atlantic, confirming vertical mixing, not rivers ...

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 ...

Muller-Karger and a team of researchers analyzed currents, winds and nutrient levels to determine that vertical currents are behind the massive blooms creating the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt.

The University of South Florida predicts a significant sargassum season in 2025. Red tide is not currently present in Florida as of April 8. While it's finally the time of year for spontaneous and ...