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Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, with more expected

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A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May .

The brown prickly algae is suffocating shorelines from Puerto Rico to Guyana and beyond.

The previous record was set in June 2022 , with some 22 million metric tons .

The amount is the biggest quantity of algae observed across Caribbean Sea , the western and eastern Atlantic .

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