The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A recent study published in Nature Communications may ...

Philippe Maréchal shows a sargassum bloom, which has affected parts of the Caribbean since 2011 | Earth And The Environment ...

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 ...

I study the intersection of critical infrastructure and disasters, particularly in the Caribbean. The sargassum invasion has worsened since it exploded in the region in 2011. Forecasts and the ...

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

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.

Riviera Maya officials have begun preparing for the annual arrival of sargassum, a species of seaweed that grows in 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 ...

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 ...