Florida beaches brace for record ‘sargassum summer’ of stinky seaweed
It’s back, again. Sargassum, the stinky, slimy bane of beachgoers worldwide, is forecast to swarm over Florida’s beaches…
Smelly sargassum seaweed blob invades Florida beaches during busy spring break travel season
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Particularly odorous seaweed known as sargassum has made its return to beaches along South…
Smelly sargassum seaweed blob invades Florida beaches during busy spring break travel season
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Particularly odorous seaweed known as sargassum has made its return to beaches along South…
Florida Braces For a Sargassum Invasion of Record-Breaking Proportions
Sargassum can wind up on beaches in enormous heaps, and in 2026, those heaps are predicted to be…
USF researchers discover steep decline in some sargassum seaweed populations
Sargassum covers Playa Flamenco in Puerto Rico in 2015. Credit: Seán Kinane. / WMNF News Researchers at the…
USF researchers find dramatic decline in some sargassum populations
A floating clump of healthy Sargassum natans var. wingei, one of three common holopelagic morphotypes in the North…