Florida Keys Seaweed 2024. For months, florida’s usually picturesque coast was plagued by a rotting tangle of seaweed, known as sargassum. Sargassum washed ashore on a beach in the caribbean during the summer of 2023, and seaweed researchers at the university of south florida have documented.
For months, florida’s usually picturesque coast was plagued by a rotting tangle of seaweed, known as sargassum. But their vacation was spoiled by an unexpected guest: