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Seaweed Overruns some Caribbean Beaches as Sargassum Hits Record Levels
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Sargasses are back in the Atlantic and are more numerous than ever.
In May 2025, 37.5 million tons of twill were identified floating between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, the highest figure recorded so far.
A bather in the port of Progreso was captured covering himself completely with sargasm as a method of sun protection, generating surprise on social networks. The video was shared by user Doke YC on Facebook, although the exact date of the event was not specified. Man is covered with sargasm on Progreso beach and becomes viral The fact occurred in the middle of a historical wave of sargaso that affects the Mexican southeast, especially Quintana R…
Seaweed overruns some Caribbean beaches as Sargassum hits record levels
PONCE, Puerto Rico – As Sargassum levels surge to unprecedented amounts across parts of the Atlantic basin, some beaches in the Caribbean have already been overwhelmed by the thick, smelly seaweed. Photos and videos taken throughout the Caribbean show extensive accumulations of the smelly algae along the southern and eastern coasts of Puerto Rico, as well as in parts of Cozumel and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. In some locales, the buildup appeare…
Sargazo is a phenomenon that generates many economic, social and ecological damage and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) studies the impacts of this algae in the Mexican Caribbean. --> Subscribe to the WhatsApp channel of adn40 According to the information provided by UNAM this 2025 would be one of the years with the greatest sargazo , the Optic Oceanography Laboratory of the University of South Florida reported that as of May …
MEXICO’S HERALDE Beyond the impact of the arrival of the sargazo on the beaches prior to the summer holidays, we must also take into account the impact that it has on the environment, especially in the Mexican Caribbean, on whose beaches the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) predicts, an important record could be broken that would mark “a total disaster.” This 2025 is expected to double last year’s record and Mexico will receive 10…
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