Caribbean-bound tourists cancel holidays due to foul-smelling seaweed
by Staff and agencies from on (#GYMS)
Algal blooms threaten the economies of the globe's most tourist dependent nations, scuttle holidays plans and give some scientists more to worry about
Authorities across the Caribbean are releasing emergency funding to clean up piles of decaying seaweed so huge and pungent that tourists have cancelled summer beach holidays and lawmakers on Tobago have deemed it a "natural disaster".
The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect from the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of plant matter that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs.
