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2026.07.15 07:38 GMT+8

Florida beaches overcome with rotten seaweed

Updated 2026.07.15 07:38 GMT+8
Nitza Soledad Perez

Microalgae blooms of sargassum are infiltrating beaches from the Caribbean to Miami Beach. 

These areas are routinely impacted by the free-floating brown seaweed and its foul stench that has ruined parties, and left tourists gagging. 

And scientists say the oceans just hit their hottest June ever recorded, which means more seaweed is coming. CGTN's Nitza Soledad Perez reports.

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