{"id":8707,"date":"2026-05-27T13:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/?p=8707"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:46:15","slug":"heavy-machinery-is-piling-massive-amounts-of-sargassum-into-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/fr\/heavy-machinery-is-piling-massive-amounts-of-sargassum-into-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Des montagnes de sargasses de 9 m\u00e8tres de haut suscitent une inqui\u00e9tude croissante dans les Antilles fran\u00e7aises"},"content":{"rendered":"<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3026197241\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-749046f8\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong>Montagnes de sargasses de 9 m\u00e8tres : une pr\u00e9occupation croissante en mati\u00e8re d'environnement et de sant\u00e9 publique dans les Antilles fran\u00e7aises<\/strong><\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sargassummonitoring-sargazo-sargasses-montagne-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains of Sargassum\" class=\"wp-image-8714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sargassummonitoring-sargazo-sargasses-montagne-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sargassummonitoring-sargazo-sargasses-montagne-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sargassummonitoring-sargazo-sargasses-montagne-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sargassummonitoring-sargazo-sargasses-montagne-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sargassummonitoring-sargazo-sargasses-montagne.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">@Pascal No\u00ebl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dans plusieurs \u00eeles des Antilles fran\u00e7aises, d'immenses amas de sargasses en d\u00e9composition atteignent d\u00e9sormais jusqu'\u00e0 9 m\u00e8tres de hauteur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il ne s'agit plus de simples accumulations d'algues le long du littoral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ces amas ressemblent \u00e0 de v\u00e9ritables montagnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 Des vid\u00e9os et des images prises sur le terrain montrent d'\u00e9normes quantit\u00e9s de sargasses extraites de la mer et entass\u00e9es pr\u00e8s des plages, des routes et des zones habit\u00e9es. Pelles m\u00e9caniques, grues et tractopelles font d\u00e9sormais partie du paysage quotidien dans certaines zones touch\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lOsC32oHmew?si=puAHBOW6mgppPSxo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mais comme ces amas restent expos\u00e9s pendant des jours \u00e0 la chaleur tropicale, l'inqui\u00e9tude grandit rapidement parmi les habitants et les observateurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorsque les sargasses se d\u00e9composent, elles lib\u00e8rent des gaz tels que le sulfure d'hydrog\u00e8ne et l'ammoniac. Les habitants signalent fr\u00e9quemment des odeurs insupportables, des maux de t\u00eate, des naus\u00e9es, des irritations oculaires et des difficult\u00e9s respiratoires \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 des sites de d\u00e9composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les sp\u00e9cialistes de l'environnement et de la sant\u00e9 ont maintes fois alert\u00e9 sur le risque que l'accumulation prolong\u00e9e de sargasses en d\u00e9composition \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 des zones habit\u00e9es n'engendre de graves probl\u00e8mes environnementaux et de sant\u00e9 publique. Un traitement rapide et une gestion ma\u00eetris\u00e9e sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement recommand\u00e9s, et non la cr\u00e9ation d'immenses amas de d\u00e9chets en d\u00e9composition de plusieurs m\u00e8tres de haut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dans les Antilles fran\u00e7aises, de nombreux habitants s'interrogent d\u00e9sormais sur le risque que la gestion d'urgence ne se transforme peu \u00e0 peu en une crise environnementale secondaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les images sont saisissantes :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 des montagnes d'algues brunes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 des engins de chantier en activit\u00e9 continue,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 et des portions enti\u00e8res de littoral transform\u00e9es en d\u00e9charges sauvages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Il est indispensable de retirer les sargasses de la mer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mais la gestion des d\u00e9chets qui suit repr\u00e9sente l'un des plus grands d\u00e9fis de cette crise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Face \u00e0 l'augmentation constante des apports de sargasses dans l'Atlantique et les Cara\u00efbes, la question n'est plus seulement de savoir comment retirer les algues des plages, mais aussi comment g\u00e9rer ces volumes consid\u00e9rables de mani\u00e8re s\u00fbre, rapide et durable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L'ampleur du ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne s'accro\u00eet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Et les questions relatives \u00e0 sa gestion se multiplient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3026197241\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d Depuis 2018, Sargassum Monitoring recense l'arriv\u00e9e des sargasses dans 44 pays touch\u00e9s gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des rapports de terrain g\u00e9olocalis\u00e9s, des observations satellitaires et un suivi quotidien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Consultez la carte interactive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Envoyez vos photos et rapports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Contribuez \u00e0 documenter la crise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vous n'\u00eates pas l\u00e0 que pour regarder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vous faites d\u00e9sormais partie de la solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3026197241\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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