‘A new normal’: Miami faces worsening seaweed problem as piles of algae wash up on beaches
Miami-Dade County is struggling to manage record-breaking amounts of sargassum seaweed washing up on local beaches. Officials describe the situation as a 'new normal' exacerbated by the ongoing climate crisis.
County-hired contractors collect sargassum, a type of algae, after it washed ashore in Miami Beach, Florida, on 11 August 2026. County-hired contractors collect sargassum, a type of algae, after it washed ashore in Miami Beach, Florida, on 11 August 2026. Miami ‘A new normal’: Miami faces worsening seaweed problem as piles of algae wash up on beaches Officials have had to remove thousands of tons of sargassum from Florida’s beaches amid the climate crisis
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