The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A recent study published in Nature Communications may ...

Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009–2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.

The catalyst for the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt that has inundated the Caribbean since 2011 is being attributed to changes in currents and suitable growing conditions.

Dubbed the “sargapanel,” the sargassum-sourced construction material was developed by a group of UNAM researchers led by ...

SEMAR, through the Mexican Navy and the Naval Region of Isla Mujeres, has reaffirmed its commitment to continuously take ...

The Caribbean has a seaweed problem - and it's just as worrying as it is stinky. Hear from experts on why we should all care about Sargassum, and how new renewable technologies developed by small ...

Sargassum plants are a nuisance on some beaches, but they are a shelter and a feast for a complex and amazing variety of marine life. A clump of sargassum weed the size of a soccer ball drifts ...

Washing up on our shores this week, we found small patches of fresh sargassum seaweed, large lightning whelks—which happen to be the Texas state shell—and a fascinating little creature known ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Millions of tons of sargassum wash up on beaches across North America every year. Exposure can lead to breathing problems, and it costs millions to clean it up.

Scientists are pretty sure they know where the seaweed is coming from. Now they want to know why it’s here. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining The Scientist in ...

The Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts and the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone ...