Sargassum in a sentence

The new dangers found in the FAU study add to the risks already associated with sargassum, chiefly the risk to people with respiratory problems stemming from the release of hydrogen sulfide, which gives the sargassum it’s unpleasant odor.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the sargassum blooms will continue to disrupt Caribbean waters into mid-October.

And since 2011, the proliferation of sargassum in the Caribbean has accelerated exponentially, multiplying its biomass tenfold in the space of a few years.

Once cleaned of heavy metals, microplastics, sand and other detritus, sargassum is finding many uses, particularly as biogas, but also biofertilizer, cellulose packaging and even artificial vegan leather.

Other entrepreneurs are starting to manufacture building bricks using this sargassum.

Scientists have tracked the huge blooms of sargassum seaweed that form across the Atlantic Ocean since 2011 — and this year’s mass is setting new records with its size, they say.

Stacked up mats of sargassum can also damage seagrasses and coral.

Tiny creatures living in the sargassum can produce rashes and blisters.

Fishermen in Dennery are grappling with the escalating effects of climate change and the persistent presence of sargassum seaweed, which have drastically affected their livelihood.

Micoud North fisherfolk faced many challenges without access to a proper jetty, compounded by a buildup of sargassum that negatively impacted their fishing.

In May 2019, Mexican entrepreneur Omar Vasquez Sanchez proposed to stakeholders in a presentation that his method of using sargassum as bricks to build houses could be a viable solution.

Deb Eastwood, Director of the “Get Grenada Swimming” initiative stated, “We were happy with the number of swimmers this year, considering that 3 sites previously used had been shut down because of the sargassum problem up north and several other reasons.

Meanwhile, the Puerto Morelos Protocol, a joint effort between the town government and civic leaders to deal with sargassum, passed what is essentially a tourist tax to pay for clean-up initiatives.

Per scientists, the unprecedented bloom and washing ashore of sargassum is due to climate change and human activity.

The giant floating mass of sargassum algae, more than 340-miles long, is predicted to hit Mexico’s Caribbean shoreline this week, reaching the Yucatan peninsula's coast and spreading as far south as Belize.

They took Glor up in a reconnaissance mission to locate the largest sargassum waves.

Former Minister of Agriculture Minister, Moses ‘Musa’ Jn Baptiste has called on the government to take steps to deal with the sargassum seaweed problem that is affecting fishers in Saint Lucia.

So when Sargassum first hit the Caribbean, scientists assumed that it had drifted south from the Sargasso Sea.

Various communities such as San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Hopkins and Placencia are all battling with the seemingly never-ending incease of sargassum on their beaches.

By this time the Portuguese navigators had also reached the Sargasso Sea (western North Atlantic region), naming it after the Sargassum seaweed growing there (sargaço / sargasso in Portuguese).