Record Amount Of Stinky Seaweed Is Smothering Caribbean Coasts
The seaweed, which smells like rotten eggs, is killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.
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The seaweed, which smells like rotten eggs, is killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.
Sargassum blankets coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases
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Possible factors for the increase include a rise in water temperatures as a result of climate change, and an influx of nitrogen-laden fertilizer and sewage.
The record amounts of sargassum blanketing the Atlantic are killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.