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Funding Opportunity : Sargassum Innovation Quest
August 9, 2024
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by Audrey Hasson
Grenada to host sargassum conference in September 2024
June 4, 2024
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by Audrey Hasson
Secrets of sargassum: Scientists advance knowledge of seaweed causing chaos in the Caribbean and West Africa
June 4, 2024
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by Audrey Hasson
NOAA NESDIS tells us about Sargassum Monitoring From Space
January 4, 2024
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by Audrey Hasson
Costa Rica joins France’s initiative to combat sargassum in the Caribbean at COP28 on climate change
December 7, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
An Operational Damage Fund and Actions against Sargassum, the Dominican Republic Agenda at COP28
December 6, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Eventos de Inundación de Sargazo (SIE)
December 5, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
COP28: EU joins forces with Latin America and Caribbean to combat sargassum and make it an economic opportunity under Global Gateway
December 4, 2023
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by Audrey Hasson
Transforming Sargassum Challenges Into Opportunities for Caribbean Success
November 29, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Sargassum Symposium: Agricultural Applications of Sargassum Seaweed
November 22, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Use and Management of Pelagic Sargassum
November 20, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Trinidad & Tobago Company Launches Spargassum!
October 19, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
NPR News Features AlgaRay: A Game-Changer for Sargassum and Climate Change
October 11, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Call for Research Proposals: Advancing Commercial, Scalable Processing or Storage of Caribbean Sargassum
October 2, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Le Monde publie une video de 3′ pour comprendre le fléau des Sargasses
September 4, 2023
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by Audrey Hasson
Oil Spills and Pelagic Sargassum: Planning and Response Considerations
August 22, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
The Miami-Dade Innovation Authority- Sargassum Challenge
August 22, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
FAQs on Sargassum
July 24, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
SarGASsum Project Launch
June 12, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
SargAdapt Good Practice Guide Series Vol 5
May 12, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Sargassum Poem
April 23, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Promoting the Integrated Management of Sargassum: Building Resilient Tourism and Fisheries Sectors through the Conservation of Marine Ecosystems (SARGMARINE)
April 9, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Sargassum Symposium III
March 30, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
HIT RESET Caribbean Grant Announcement
March 27, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
SODA: Sargassum Operational Detection Algorithms
March 25, 2023
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Earth observation value chain case study on Sargassum
December 8, 2022
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Sargassum Story Maps
August 6, 2022
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
SargAdapt Good Practice Guide Series Vol 3
August 3, 2022
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
SargAdapt Good Practice Guide Series Vol 2
August 3, 2022
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
SargAdapt Good Practice Guide Series Vol 1
August 3, 2022
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Sargassum Sub-regional Outlook Bulletin March 2021
Sargassum influx events will be moderate to severe over the next 3 months (March - May 2021)
August 3, 2022
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by Shelly-Ann Cox
Pre-announcement: 2nd Joint Call for Projects on Causes of Sargassum Blooms
This call for projects aims to provide pragmatic solutions to the sargassum stranding and enrich the knowledge on this phenomenon that affects more particularly the islands of the Caribbean.
July 26, 2021
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by Llillian Diarra
UN Environment Programme White Paper and Briefs Available!
The United Nations Environment Programme has published a white paper and briefs for a variety of audiences on Sargassum. Check them out!
June 21, 2021
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by sargassumhub
Call for contributions for a Special Issue on Sargassum
In this Special Virtual Issue (SVI), we accept manuscripts on biology, taxonomy, ecophysiology, compounds, ecotoxicology and ecology of all Sargassum species.
May 5, 2021
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by sargassumhub
Publication alert! Monitoring pelagic Sargassum inundation potential for coastal communities
Pelagic Sargassum is a buoyant macroalgae that forms rafts at the ocean surface and serves as a biologically rich habitat for hundreds of diverse marine species. Since 2011, massive blooms of Sargassum have occurred in the tropical Atlantic and swept through the western tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.
April 15, 2021
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by sargassumhub
CC4FISH policy brief: March 2021, Issue 3
Since 2011, the unprecedented blooming of pelagic sargassum across the equatorial Atlantic has resulted in mass influxes of the seaweed into the Caribbean, which look set to continue indefinitely.
April 15, 2021
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by sargassumhub
Sargassum Sub-regional Outlook Bulletin January 2021
January 20, 2021
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by Leah Segui
The Sargassum Podcast launch
We are excited to celebrate with you the launch of the Sargassum Podcast, a brand new educational and science podcast. It is hosted by Robby Thigpen, Mar Fernandez-Mendez and Franziska Elmer, who have a range of expertise in Sargassum and Indigenous coastal communities.
January 20, 2021
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by Leah Segui
Vulnerability Assessment of Sargassum Impacts on the Caribbean
A new report from the Joint Internship of the Disasters and Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry Programs at NASA is now available.
December 9, 2020
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by Leah Segui
Sargassum Uses Guide now available
a resource for Caribbean researchers, entrepreneurs and policy makers is available.
November 18, 2020
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by Leah Segui
Postdoc opportunity on seagrass ecology, data analysis and synthesis at Florida International University
Dr. Jim Fourqurean with the Institute of Environment at Florida international University seeks a motivated post-doctoral researcher. Along with other projects to be developed in consultation with the advisor, the post-doc will work with the C-GRASS working group (Coordinated Global Research Assessment of Seagrass Systems) to lead a synthesis of current seagrass data to understand the status and trends of this valuable coastal ecosystem.
October 22, 2020
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by Leah Segui
CARICOOS article on Sargassum inundation, anoxia and increased acidification
Sargassum inundation of recreational beaches has proved to become a persistent problem with a significant impact on the tourism industry and a challenge to entities managing the issue.
October 1, 2020
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by Leah Segui
Sargassum Sub-regional Outlook Bulletin Sept 2020
September 21, 2020
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by Leah Segui
Sargassum Sub-Regional Outlook Bulletin July 2020
July 23, 2020
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by Leah Segui
2020 CWP Coastal & Island Conference
The Technical Advisory Committee is seeking input from the land and water resources community and invites you to assist with program development via the abstract submission process.
June 23, 2020
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by Leah Segui
International Call for Expression of Interest: Air Quality Measurement Network
Application is open to all OECS member states as a priority, and to other states of the Caribbean Basin.
June 23, 2020
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by Leah Segui
Monitoring and evaluation of Sargassum collection operations summary report
SAFEGE SAS and ADEME have released a summary report titled “Monitoring and evaluation of Sargassum collection operations”.
June 19, 2020
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by Leah Segui
Call for proposals: SPAW-RAC for Short-term Small Grants
The main objective of this call for proposals is the implementation of the SPAW Protocol by encouraging concrete actions for the conservation of biodiversity in the countries and territories of theWider Caribbean Region that have signed the SPAW Protocol of the Cartagena Convention.
June 19, 2020
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by Leah Segui
SARGASSUM OUTLOOK BULLETIN MARCH 2020
Outlook of 2020 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
March 31, 2020
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by Nuno Pereira
ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN PELAGIC SARGASSUM ALONG THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN COAST IN 2018-2019
The massive influx of pelagic Sargassum spp. (sargasso) into the Mexican Caribbean Sea has caused major deterioration of the coastal environment and has affected the tourism industry as well as livelihoods since 2015.
February 26, 2020
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by Nuno Pereira
THE DISTRIBUTION AND MITOCHONDRIAL GENOTYPE OF THE HYDROID AGLAOPHENIA LATECARINATA IS CORRELATED WITH ITS PELAGIC SARGASSUM SUBSTRATE TYPE IN THE TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
The pelagic brown macroalga Sargassum supports rich biological communities in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic region, including a variety of epiphytic invertebrates that grow on the Sargassum itself.
October 18, 2019
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by Nuno Pereira
NASA SATELLITE FINDS BIGGEST SEAWEED BLOOM IN THE WORLD
An unprecedented belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico—and it’s likely here to stay.
July 8, 2019
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by Nuno Pereira
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