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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.
The record amounts of sargassum blanketing the Atlantic are killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.
Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.
Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and wildlife, choking tourism and releasing noxious gases
Scientists say the possible explanations include a rise in water temperatures due to climate change and nitrogen-laden fertilizer and sewage nourishing the algae.