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Record-breaking piles of sargassum seaweed wash up on Caribbean beaches, with more on the way

Record amounts of sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea and ending up on beaches from Puerto Rico to Guyana — but scientists aren't sure why there's so much of it in the first place.

LiveScience

‘The sargassum season for Florida is gone’: Mysterious seaweed disappearances continue

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt once loomed over Florida beaches, threatening to send ashore piles of sulfur-scented seaweed that would smother sea turtles, aggravate asthma and turn away tourists. Now, scientists say the seaweed belt has suffered a mortal blow after a month of unusually strong winds.

Miami Herald

Seaweed mass expands, reaches record tonnage in Florida

MIAMI — We already knew South Florida beaches were bracing for a surge of seaweed, but the mass of seaweed looming in the Atlantic Ocean is now officially record-breaking.

Miami Herald

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EXPLAINER: Behind big seaweed belt lurking for some beaches

There's a pesky problem in a wide stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that's likely to wash up on some beaches later this year: Seaweed

The Independent UK

Coming soon to Florida beaches: Massive, messy and maybe record mounds of seaweed

MIAMI — A giant blob of seaweed, spanning 5,000 miles and weighing an estimated 6.1 million tons, threatens to blanket Florida beaches and Caribbean islands with smelly piles of decaying brown goop.

Miami Herald

Twenty-four million tonnes of sargassum seaweed smother Caribbean coasts, threatening animals and industry

Record amounts of sargassum seaweed are washing up on beaches across the Caribbean, causing major environmental problems.

ABC News

A record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean

Seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases.

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Record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean

A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases

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