Explore the impact of Sargassum on Caribbean beaches and coastal areas as record levels disrupt resorts this summer.

Millions of tons of seaweed currently floating in the tropical Atlantic Ocean could soon make its way toward the U.S., according to researchers following the phenomenon.

Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis. Story by Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • 1y.

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. Osprey came back from ...

Record amounts of sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea and ending up on beaches from Puerto Rico to Guyana — but scientists aren't sure why there's so much of it in the first place.

If you've been to the Caribbean or Florida this past summer — or anytime the last few years — chances are you've encountered sargassum seaweed. Sargassum is a natural phenomenon first reported ...

However, the Sargasso Sea Commission says Sargassum on the eastern U.S., Western Africa and the Caribbean comes from a region south of the Sargasso Sea between the north equatorial current and the ...

Record-breaking sargassum invasion in Atlantic, Caribbean threatens to foul beach resorts By . Andrew Wulfeck, FOX Weather. Published June 4, 2025, 2:56 a.m. ET. Originally Published by: ...

Masses of rotting seaweed blanket the Fundadores Park beach in Mexico’s Playa del Carmen region on July 4, 2021. Called sargassum, the macroalgae is washing up on Caribbean beaches every spring ...

Sargassum showed up briefly in the Caribbean in 2011 and had a massive comeback in 2015, which continued each summer through 2021. Now it's back. "In all regions combined ...

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. The brown prickly algae is suffocating shorelines from ...