Clumps of the brownish seaweed known as sargassum have long washed up on Caribbean coastlines, but researchers say the algae blooms have exploded in extent and frequency in recent years.

A team of researchers on the Caribbean island of Barbados have been working to create a new sustainable fuel to power cars on ...

Invasive sargassum seaweed may be a great source of biogas, turning it into a fuel that can power converted combustion engine ...

Rum and Sargassum, a startup in Barbados in the Caribbean islands, is turning rum waste from distilleries and seaweed washed ...

The government of Quintana Roo has announced that the 2024 sargassum season is officially over. In the Riviera Maya, ...

I’m a proud Floridian. I grew up watching Miami Heat games and cheering on the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium. On weekends, I would go to the beach. Sandcastles, jellyfish, sea turtles, I’ve seen ...

The seaweed has inundated beaches, causing an environmental nuisance. As of June 2018, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, as scientists call it, extended 8,850km (5,500 miles) and was made up of ...

Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from the Sargasso Sea and linked to climate change – were carpeting ...

Lapointe is talking about a floating seaweed known as sargassum in a region of the Atlantic called the Sargasso Sea. The boundaries of this sea are vague, defined not by landmasses but by five ...

When waves of sargassum - a type of seaweed - washed up on Eastern Caribbean shores seven years ago, people hoped it was a one-off. Matted piles swamped coastlines from Tobago to Anguilla.

When large swathes of invasive seaweed started washing up on Caribbean beaches in 2011, local residents were perplexed. Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from the ...