Caribbean Resorts Battle Mysterious Seaweed Invasion

Gigantic piles of brown seaweed that reek of rotten eggs are piling up on beaches in the eastern Caribbean, forcing resorts to shut down and keeping swimmers from the ocean. The stinky, bug-infested algae—named Sargassum—has been creeping up shores in Antigua, St. Maarten, and other Caribbean hotspots since…

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Caribbean Resorts Battle Mysterious Seaweed Invasion

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