sargassum

(Newser) - Spring breakers may find more than crowds and cocktails on the beach this year. A massive bloom of sargassum, a type of seaweed—estimated at 9.5 million tons—is stretching from the Gulf of Mexico through the Caribbean into the western Atlantic, according to University of South Florida researchers...

(Newser) - A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, according to a new report . The amount—about 41 million tons, tallied through May—is the biggest quantity of algae observed across the Caribbean Sea, the western and eastern...

(Newser) - Gigantic piles of brown seaweed that reek of rotten eggs are piling up on beaches in the eastern Caribbean, forcing resorts to shut down and keeping swimmers from the ocean. The stinky, bug-infested algae—named Sargassum—has been creeping up shores in Antigua, St. Maarten, and other Caribbean hotspots since...