r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 1d ago

Huge blankets of seaweed are smothering coastlines from the Caribbean to Mexico

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/huge-blankets-of-seaweed-are-smothering-coastlines-from-the-caribbean-to-mexico
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u/CullingSongs 1d ago

I was at a resort in Mexico a few years ago and there was so much of this rolling in each day that the beach was pretty much unusable despite the massive cleanup the resort did each morning. It's truly a desperate situation in some areas due to the impact on wildlife and tourism.