The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already ...

The University of South Florida College of Marine Science estimated the sargassum blob to be around 13 million tons – a ...

On farms off the coast of Alaska and in Mexico, a company called Blue Evolution grows seaweed used in food and skincare products. But five years ago, while studying the potential for seaweed to be ...

Each year, between March and October, large amounts of brown seaweed called sargassum wash up on the shores of Caribbean islands—choking beaches, damaging marine life and threatening tourism and ...

It’s long provided a home to species from sea turtles ... Unsurprisingly, the constant inundation of stinky, brown seaweed along the coast is not good for economies driven by tourism.

It’s long provided a home to species from sea turtles ... Unsurprisingly, the constant inundation of stinky, brown seaweed along the coast is not good for economies driven by tourism.