Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

Scientists turn to unique solutions to deal with sargassum seaweed disaster

These vast mats of smelly seaweed may have entered a self-sustaining cycle, effectively feeding their own expansion

Sargassum is the smelly nemesis of beach holidays that is not going away

Scientists are sounding the alarm about seaweed called sargassum that are harming public health and the environment on beaches in Mexico and Miami.

Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

Communities and entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to turn this nuisance into a valuable resource.

Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self‑sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

by Xing Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology; Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Joseph Montoya, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] You’ve been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, with even more floating offshore. It’s disappointing, for sure – and incre…