The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already broken its own size record by millions of tons — and the growing ...

Scientists at the University of South Florida's Optical Oceanography Lab project that this year's sargassum mass may exceed all records. On April 30, they estimated a 40 percent increase over the ...

Unfortunately, so are tons of toxic seaweed. Sargassum is a beneficial resource in the Atlantic. But on Florida's beaches, sargassum piles up, produces an epic and harmful stench as it rots ...

Massive amounts of sargassum seaweed, up to the knee and waist, have washed up on the Texas coast, bringing plenty with it, like creepy dolls and sea turtles. The Harte Research Institute (HRI ...

Sargassum is back just in time for the unofficial start of summer and this year’s influx of the brown algae would be record breaking at 31 million tons. Sargassum is a genus of large brown seaweed.

Sargassum is washing up along the entire Texas coast and locally on Padre Island and Mustang Island. Experts said it is a challenge to determine how much of the floating brown algae should stay ...

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 ...

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.

Mountains of brown, sludgy sargassum, an invasive species of seaweed, have rendered popular beaches in the Caribbean into an unsightly mess. The situation has become so dire that Barbados' prime ...