Seaweed
Mexico's Caribbean coast hit by heavy seaweed, more expected

Jun. 22, 2021 06:28 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmentalists and tourism operators on Mexico’s Caribbean coast are complaining about mounds of foul-smelling sargassum — a seaweed-like...

Farm-raised kelp is hauled aboard a barge for harvesting, Thursday April 29, 2021, off the coast of Cumberland, Maine. Maine’s seaweed farmers are in the midst of a spring harvest that is almost certain to break state records (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Maine seaweed growers to break state records this spring

By Patrick Whittle May. 01, 2021 08:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 10, 2020, file photo, a ground crew at Los Angeles International Airport unload pallets of medical personal protective equipment from a China Southern cargo plane upon its arrival in Los Angeles. An Associated Press analysis shows states spent more than $7 billion this spring buying personal protective equipment like masks, gloves and gowns as well as vital medical devices like ventilators. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
VIRUS TODAY: General apologizes; AP finds states spend $7B

Dec. 19, 2020 04:23 PM EST

A jar of Atlantic Sea Farms seaweed salad is seen Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Freeport, Maine. Like many pieces of the seafood industry, seaweed is highly dependent on the restaurant sector, which made the pandemic a potentially major setback. But representatives for a company that works with two dozen Maine seaweed farmers said it nearly doubled its harvest this year to 450,000 pounds. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Seaweed industry stays afloat, seeks growth during pandemic

By Patrick Whittle Dec. 19, 2020 07:57 AM EST

In this image taken from video taken April 22, 2020, by Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, five dugongs are swimming together, part of a larger group of dugongs cruising slowly in the shallow waters in the area of Chao Mai Beach national park in Trang province, Thailand. Though an increasingly rare sight to see the mammals in the area, recent travel restrictions imposed to counter the COVID-19 pandemic have left the coastal regions undisturbed allowing the mammals to return. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)
Thailand's tourist drought leaves space for shy sea mammal

By Preeyapa T. Khunsong And Jerry Harmer Apr. 23, 2020 05:55 AM EDT