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Abuses of Sargassum cleaning: Vacationers faced with backhoe loaders

Vacanciers face aux tractopelles : les dérives du nettoyage des sargasses

When the Solution Becomes a Danger: The Risks of Mechanical Sargassum Removal on Beaches. In many tourist areas affected by massive sargassum landings, local authorities have chosen the most visible—and the fastest—solution: using heavy machinery to clear the beaches. Backhoes, bulldozers, and other mechanical shovels roam the sand daily, their buckets filled with brown algae, […]

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Pollution liée aux sargasses : le rôle clé de la surveillance du H₂S

Photo of the French army coming to pick up sargassum in 2018 – 7 ppm of H₂S Measured on a Sargassum Pile in Playa del Carmen: A Concerning Level A recent scientific report filmed in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, revealed a concentration of 7 ppm of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) measured directly above a sargassum pile.

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Mountains of Sargassum

Des montagnes de sargasses de 9 mètres de haut suscitent une inquiétude croissante dans les Antilles françaises

9-Meter Mountains of Sargassum: A Growing Environmental and Public Health Concern in the French Caribbean In several French Caribbean islands, massive piles of decomposing sargassum are now reaching heights of up to 9 meters. These are no longer simple algae accumulations along the shoreline. They resemble mountains. 🎥 Videos and field images show heavy machinery

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Les images satellites révèlent une ouverture inhabituelle dans la Grande Ceinture Atlantique de sargasses

Satellite Images Reveal an Unusual Opening in the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt Figure 1. Before the opening formed, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt displayed a relatively continuous structure. The latest analyses conducted by Sargassum Monitoring have identified an unusual development within the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt. By comparing satellite images collected over recent weeks, we

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