In recent years, the presence of red tide algae in the Mexican Pacific Ocean has occurred from Manzanillo Bay, Colima, all along the western Mexican coast to the Bay of Mazatlan, Nayarit, and as far north as Ensenada, La Paz, Baja California. Fortunately, although Jaltemba Bay did have some of the toxic algae, the civic leaders and government were immediately in action.
saltwater - freshwater "halocline" an interesting natural phenomena
Climate change is effecting the people of the Solomon Islands in many ways. Sea level rise is a major driver.
Unusual debris found on beach
Some tourists have canceled summer trips and lawmakers on Tobago have termed the sargassum invasion a “natural disaster.”
Algal blooms threaten the economies of the globe’s most tourism dependent nations, scuttle holidays plans and give climate scientists more to worry about
A species of invasive seaweed is becoming very abundant and displacing native species.
Causing muted tidal influence
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