Texas A&M Galveston to Host American/French Seaweed Conference

We all remember the summer of 2014, when the beaches of the Texas coast filled with Sargassum (seaweed) and when moved back from the beach it was piled higher that the Galveston seawall. Read More

Remote Sensing of Seaweed Movements Enhanced by French and Texas A&M Galveston Collaboration

Dr. Alain Mermet, the scientific attaché at the General Consulate of France in Houston, visited Texas A&M University at Galveston to plan a research program that will improve the ability to predict the movement and severity of seaweed landings on beaches from the Caribbean islands to the Gulf Coast. Read More

Texas A&M Galveston Student Gives Presentation at Worldwide Symposium

Morgan Beaver, a Marine Science student in her senior year at Texas A&M University at Galveston, gave an educational presentation on the history of the development and use of the Sargassum Early Advisory System (SEAS) at the 21st annual Sea Bean Symposium that was held for the first time at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Headquarters in Galveston. Read More

New NASA-Texas A&M-Galveston App Allows Public To Track Seaweed Hitting Texas Coast

Working with NASA scientist, Texas A&M University at Galveston researchers unveiled today a first-of-its kind app to track seaweed – technically called sargassum — as it approaches the Texas Coast. Read More