I O N Free-floating Sargassum is a fast-growing macroalga native to the Sargasso Sea, in the middle of the tropical North Atlantic. In 2011, this alga escaped its natural open ocean habitat and has since [...] “Global warming” I “It sucks when they take so long to clean the sea, they do their best but sometimes it's too much sargassum to clean the sea.” J “From my childhood to the present the sargassum has its seasons [...] 1 Report on the sea4soCiety Sargassum Population Survey in Quintana Roo, Mexico, July 2022 Authors: Dr. Miriam Philippi, Dr. Mar Fernández-Méndez Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and