Mexico seaweed is making beaches unsightly and stinky. The brown algae, sargassum, can also be toxic.
With many trying to enjoy the last bit of summer vacations, an unprecedented overgrowth of seaweed is consuming some beaches.
In place of the iconic aquamarine water, a brown, stinky seaweed has consumed beaches across the Caribbean, Mexico and even Florida,"We saw a lot of seaweed, more than I've ever seen in the ocean before," another beachgoer added. "It stunk, it got in the way, it kind of affected my whole day."Since 2011, floating brown algae called sargassum has been getting progressively worse. This year, it's covering white sand beaches in record levels.
Caribbean water temperatures this year stayed above average all winter. It was the third warmest on record.
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