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 into the tropical Atlantic, confirming vertical mixing, not rivers, as the ...

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.

A time lapsed model depicting interannual Sargassum blooms in the North Atlantic. The alga was pushed southward and injected ...

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

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 ...

A USF study found that vertical currents are likely behind the algae blooms that dump sargassum onto Florida beaches each ...

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 ...

Riviera Maya officials have begun preparing for the annual arrival of sargassum, a species of seaweed that grows in the Caribbean and, in spring through autumn, washes up in great numbers along the ...