This Cancún Resort Fights 20,000 Tons of Invasive Seaweed Each Year | WSJ Booked

Maintaining clean beaches takes a huge amount of work for resorts in Mexico and across the Caribbean, thanks to tons of seaweed that invades every year. Sargassum and seagrass can alter the pristine beaches by turning the water brown, making it smelly and bringing in flies and other insects. So how is this seaweed hurting popular tourism destinations being dealt with? The Wall Street Journal goes behind the scenes of one of the most innovative sargassum removal operations in Cancun to see what’s involved.