The Ocean ‘Was the Color of Chocolate.’ Mexico Declares War on Seaweed.
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To protect Mexico’s tourism-reliant economy, the Navy is fighting a massive sargassum bloom that dumps thousands of tons of seaweed onto Caribbean beaches daily. Cmdr. Álvaro Villanueva and his crew were a half mile off Mexico’s coast last month when they spotted their target: a mustard-brown …
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