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A research team tracked and studied floating sargassum in order to unlock its potential to be used to produce sustainable products.
Scientists say seaweed threatens tourism and disrupts turtle nesting sites, reefs and mangroves.
Researchers have been working to track and study floating sargassum, a prolific seaweed swamping Caribbean and West African shorelines, and causing environmental and economic harm. The study, "Changes in holopelagic Sargassum spp. biomass composition across an unusual year," is published in PNAS.
Many Caribbean entrepreneurs see an unprecedented economic opportunity in the sargassum that has regularly swamped the region since 2011.
Many Caribbean entrepreneurs see an unprecedented economic opportunity in the sargassum that has regularly swamped the region since 2011.