Visible from space, an explosion of floating sargassum masses is wreaking havoc on shorelines all the way from the West Coast of Africa to Florida, invading the Caribbean beaches of Mexico, the...
Summer travel is about to start and the State Department has reissued some of its travel advisories and other alerts for Americans during the upcoming weeks. This time around, you’ll find countries...
The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be one of the worst in the last two decades, according to meteorological observations. In a “normal” year, the season produces 14.4 named storms but...
Playa del Carmen received 9,800 fewer tons of sargassum until May 31, compared to the same timeframe in 2023. However, forecasts this year are not too optimistic. Such a reduction was attributed...
With dozens of international travel restrictions, nearly all Caribbean countries saw their tourism industries collapse during the tough years of the pandemic. Forecasters predicted a painfully slow recovery by 2026, but current...
The worst peak of sargassum is approaching and multiple beaches in Quintana Roo will be strongly impacted by disproportionate levels of algae, warned experts. From now until August, the popular Mexican state...
With an average of 275 inbound-daily flights over the weekend, air operations in Cancun International Airport don’t seem to slow down despite the important arrival of sargassum to Quintana Roo. In recent...
For many years, experts have told us that sargassum is harmless to humans and swimming in a sea where the algae is present shouldn’t be an issue. Although that is still partially...