The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already broken its own size record by millions of tons – and the growing ...

In the open ocean, islands of sargassum create a rich ecosystem that ocean explorer Sylvia Earle calls “a golden floating rainforest.” Suspended by round “berries” filled with gas, the seaweed offers ...

Seaweed Greens has discovered how to remove pollutants from sargassum to make organic fertilizer and other environmentally ...

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.

The source of this seaweed — which looks a bit like a brambly plant — is an enormous patch of Sargassum in the open ocean, known as the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt. It stretches more than ...

The seaweed travels on ocean currents across the Atlantic and through the Gulf of Mexico, often washing up on beaches and causing a stinky mess in both the Caribbean region and along Florida’s ...

Most of the massive sargassum belt is still floating out in the central Atlantic Ocean, where it doesn’t pose too many problems. The issues start when the seaweed washes ashore, rots and emits ...

A record amount of sargassum seaweed is lurking in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of Florida. Sargassum is a yellowish-brown floating macroalgae that crabs, sea turtles, shrimp and other marine ...

The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already broken its own size record by millions of tons — and the growing ...

Blooms of of smelly, toxic seaweed shattered records in May, growing to over 37 million tons and inundating beaches. If it’s not bad enough already, the amount of seaweed is expected to grow … ...

Blooms of of smelly, toxic seaweed shattered records in May, growing to over 37 million tons and inundating beaches. If it’s not bad enough already, the amount of seaweed is expected to grow … ...