It's that time of year again. After a glorious 3-4 months of perfectly clear coasts, we're already seeing signs of sargassum proliferating off the coast of Cancun. A brown, smelly macroalgae ...

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

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TAMPA, Fla. (March 13, 2025) – The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A recent study published in Nature Communications may have identified what drove a tipping point ...

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Each year, large quantities of sargassum contaminate Mexico's southeastern beaches. In 2023, Mexico’s navy retrieved approximately 22,000 tonnes (22 million kilograms) of it. (Elizabeth Ruiz ...