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Posted on 08/10/2015 1:29:53 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs.
Clumps of the brownish seaweed known as sargassum have long washed up on Caribbean coastlines, but researchers say the algae blooms have exploded in extent and frequency in recent years. The 2015 seaweed invasion appears to be a bumper crop, with a number of shorelines so severely hit that some tourists have canceled summer trips and lawmakers on Tobago have termed it a "natural disaster."
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Cause——bush and glowbull discombobulation. Geez guys. It’s settled science.
Was George Bush spotted in the area?
Florida used to use tractors with rakes to clean up the washed up surf debris. They may still do, don’t know, I don’t live there anymore.
Stinky beach—no fun
Oh noes!
Instead of a fantasy tourists are confronted with...nature.
sargassum?...that is Hugh and Series!
In Galveston they put it in a huge pile and leave it to rot. Driving down Sewall Blvd you can smell the stench.
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ugh...
Never been to the Caribbean, but if I go and spend big bucks - I don’t want nature - I want beautiful beaches and fruity drinks with umbrellas.
Just saying.
Dominican Republic in the north, to Barbados in the east, and Mexico’s Caribbean resorts to the west,
that’s pretty much the whole place. are they claiming every island is affected? And it’s summer, rainy season. Who the heck vacations in the carribean in the summer?
anchored in the outer harbor at gustavia, st. barts. You can see your anchor 40 50 feet down. nice to be able to check it without getting wet.
Sounds wonderful!! I will make sure to add this location to my list. :-)
GOOD!!! This means Sportfishing is going to be great next year. All the hatched Pelagic fish (sword/marlin/wahoo/dorado/king mackerel) seek refuge in the Sargasso Sea Weed. Less will be eaten by larger fish because they can hide easier—Therefore MORE fish to catch!! It’s a great thing!
Smelly seaweed on an beach!? OMG! Call the EPA, maybe they can spill better smelling toxins into the water or beach.
What is sargassum, a sarcastic orgasm?
I grew up in Miami (50s & 60’s) where the stuff was so thick sometimes we’d have to leave the beach.
Yes, and you never knew what could be tangled up in it; portuguese man o war. I was further up the coast and those used to wash up during winter months with all the other debris.
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