@accuweather: Large amounts of sargassum have completely blanketed this beach in Playa del Carmen.

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rawburtleevecky
Lee Vekki ✋yman :
$10 to whoever knows what sargassum is
2026-05-31 20:11:22
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danc420247
DC :
I dont see anything wrong! Jk that was sargassum 🤪
2026-06-01 11:23:17
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links_awakening
Link :
global warming
2026-06-07 05:50:20
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lancelotsupersad
Lancelot Supersad :
Mother earth is talking..no one is listening
2026-06-01 15:16:19
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tridentspyce000
Drea :
I’ve never seen it that bad. That means the ocean’s temperature is rapidly increasing.
2026-06-01 15:35:55
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fey_ree_
fey ree :
I know that smells naaaaaasty
2026-05-31 19:58:31
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dogblessyew
dogblessyew 🍉 :
The sea is polluting us back
2026-06-02 10:20:04
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jeepdex
Jeepdex 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇺🇸 :
Nope, no global warming going on here…
2026-06-01 01:47:02
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ur4sss
Sukit :
Imagine having paid $2k+ to be there and this happens the next morning. Ruined vacation
2026-06-01 00:20:22
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treppuhtak
kat :
me every time another crazy weather thing happens and i know we’re just that much closer to being a huge fireball
2026-06-04 06:06:46
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edbjt
GcMAF :
"Sargassum is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence." - Me
2026-06-01 01:18:59
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joe.bern7
Uncle Granny🇨🇦 :
well we do keep pumping gallons of fertiler out into the sea, what do we expect but plant growth???
2026-05-31 20:59:25
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johoward7
Freddie Bear :
No sargastic comments please
2026-06-06 23:32:13
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rachael.oconnor75
Rachael O'Connor :
it's getting worse every year
2026-06-07 05:23:46
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birkinratbag
Skinny bean cafe :
People will see the affects of climate change and say this normal. Genuinely we are so cooked
2026-06-04 00:02:21
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marty.regal
Marty Regal :
Holy crap they’ve built that place up. When I was there it had one hotel with 6-8 rooms and it was all dirt roads. 😳
2026-06-06 00:46:34
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j.waldron2012
JW52 🏎️ :
Mate it’s just seaweed😭✌️
2026-06-05 17:46:38
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neals_seasontwo
neals_seasontwo :
Mother Nature is pissed and we’re all acting like nothing is happening and it’s not our fault.
2026-06-01 12:31:02
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christopher.pleas7
christopherpleasa4 :
Yes, the massive explosions of sargassum seaweed are largely driven by climate change.The explosion of the "Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt"—a massive mat of seaweed stretching from West Africa to the Caribbean—is fueled by several interlocking factors:Warming Waters: Sargassum thrives in warmer, high-temperature oceans. Rising sea temperatures allow it to reproduce and grow rapidly.Nutrient Overload: Climate change-induced weather patterns (alongside agricultural runoff and deforestation in the Amazon basin) increase the nutrients washed into the ocean. This acts as fertilizer for the seaweed.Shifted Currents: Changes in global wind patterns and ocean currents have transported these algae from the historically isolated Sargasso Sea into new regions across the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean.While seaweed naturally exists in the ocean, the exponential growth in volume (reaching up to 20 million tons in recent years) and the subsequent beach strandings are classified by researchers as a direct result of human-induced climate imbalance and ocean pollution
2026-06-01 09:18:13
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cassiuskayser
Cassius Kayser :
There’s a short documentary on a guy who founded a company making bricks out of sargassum to utilize it & clean up the beaches simultaneously. He lived in the US for a while before moving back home to help build affordable homes for his people.
2026-06-03 01:59:44
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bawdymyway
bawdymyway :
“Sargassum is a free-floating genus of large, brown marine seaweed (algae) that lives entirely on the ocean's surface and never attaches to the seafloor.”
2026-06-01 22:36:13
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averyexcelsusconstitutus
Avery :
It’s a type of brown algae. When large mats wash ashore, they rot and release hydrogen sulfide, producing a rotten‑egg odor that degrades water quality. In muggle words…it freaking stink the beach yo!!!
2026-06-02 11:43:48
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amandabiviens391
Amanda Biviens :
I can smell this video
2026-06-06 00:57:15
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fairali1965
fairali1965 :
Be glad you can’t smell this video. We were there last year and it was bad!
2026-06-02 06:13:51
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