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.

The Caribbean’s sandy beaches ... floating rainforest for its vast floating sargassum blooms and the wide variety of sea life that it supports. It is the only sea in the world with no land ...

It’s the same story all across the Caribbean. While small amounts of sargassum benefit marine life, the large blooms since 2011 have disrupted the ecological balance in potentially irreversible ...

A coalition of organizations is working together to combat pollution and agricultural runoff, aiming to safeguard the ...

Mexico’s Riviera Maya Caribbean coast provides half the country’s tourism revenues, and very little sargassum reached it prior to 2014. But a possible combination of climate change ...

Mexico is gearing up for sargassum season and taking steps to protect popular tourist beaches near ports of call.

Sargassum blooms have become almost an annual event in the Caribbean since 2011. There are "strong signs" this year will be "another major year" for seaweed, according to the University of South ...

What happened next was pure serendipity. One of Henry’s undergraduates, Brittney McKenzie, commuted to the lab every day past ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In 1989, marine biologist Brigitta van Tussenbroek arrived at National Auto­nomous University of Mexico in Puerto Morelos, a small village on the ...

The RORC Caribbean 600 is a navigator's dream and nightmare rolled into one. A race that demands expert decision-making, fast ...