A blanket of seaweed smothers coastlines from the Caribbean to Mexico

Sargassum is coming ashore in record amounts, spooking visitors in areas that depend heavily on tourism

waths of seaweed are blanketing the beaches and coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking visitors in areas that depend heavily on tourism.

The prickly seaweed sargassum covers miles of coastline, releasing a foul smell as it rots onshore.

Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico beaches swathed in record levels of seaweed  AP News

Swaths of sargassum are blanketing the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking visitors in areas that depend heavily on tourism