A chance encounter on a rocky seashore led one professor to invent autonomous robotics that can harvest the power of seaweed.

We dried them out and put them in little ... Then came a call from a Mexican friend, asking me to take a look at a seaweed problem. Every year, Caribbean islands and Mexican coasts are inundated ...

Huge piles of stinky seaweed also are a headache for the Caribbean, where tourism often generates big money for small islands. “It is a challenge, but it’s certainly not affecting every single ...

Second of Three Parts Yet, prices have been volatile in recent years. Competition from abroad caused local prices of raw ...

A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, ...

Tourism has been impacted as well, with the French Caribbean island of Martinique forced to temporarily close as a result of the seaweed. "The biggest impact for most people is the economic impact ...

Huge piles of stinky seaweed also are a headache for the Caribbean, where tourism often generates big money for small islands. “It is a challenge, but it’s certainly not affecting every single ...

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