Sargazo: Key Seaweed From the Ocean that Became One of Mexico's Biggest Environmental Problems
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The town receives nearly 40% of the sargassum seaweed washed up on its beaches throughout the entire Guadeloupe archipelago. This seaweed, with its "rotten egg smell," is driving away residents and tourists alike. "No one comes anymore," lament shopkeepers. Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe), report On Anse Feuillère beach, Samuel, with a blower strapped to his back, expels brown seaweed that stains the golden sand in front of Dantana Bea…
What is sargazo and why has it become a problem in Mexico? San Luis Potosí, SLP.- Sargazo is a type of floating brown seaweed that, under natural conditions, plays a key ecological role in the ocean. In regions such as the Sargazo Sea, in the North Atlantic, these algae form real floating ecosystems that serve as refuge, food and breeding area for fish, sea turtles, birds and other species. However, in the last decade their massive arrival on th…
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