<p>Santo Domingo.- Sargassum levels in the Atlantic have reached a record-breaking 31 million tons, surpassing the previous high of 24 million, raising serious concerns among Caribbean scientists and ...

Record-breaking sargassum invasion in Atlantic, Caribbean threatens to foul beach resorts It is too soon to determine if the seaweed will plague Florida like in 2023. The origins of the Sargassum ...

During this week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, several sargassum pipefish were discovered hidden among freshly washed-up seaweed. These slender, secretive fish are rarely seen ...

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 ...

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 ...

Both models revealed that nutrient-enriched patches of Sargassum were carried by wind and ocean currents, drifting from the Sargasso Sea toward Europe, then southward into the tropical Atlantic. Once ...

This means a particular beach could see a significant amount of sargassum, while an adjacent beach would not. Sargassum is not a plant, but a macroalgae. Still, it is seasonal, meaning it goes through ...

This week’s beachcombing survey brought in a fresh batch of Sargassum washed ashore — and with it, some of the ocean’s most elusive hitchhikers: sargassum shrimp. These tiny crustaceans, often ...

This week’s beachcombing survey brought in a fresh batch of Sargassum washed ashore — and with it, some of the ocean’s most elusive hitchhikers: sargassum shrimp. These tiny crustaceans ...

Information About Sargassum. Another Source article included additional information about sargassum through an interview with Yuyuan Xie, Ph.D., a research scientist at USF. Xie is involved with the ...

Scientists say there were 38 million metric tons of sargassum in May. That’s the most they’ve ever recorded since they started tracking it in 2011. The last big record was 22 million metric tons in ...