On Saturday 4 March, four SARTRAC project members arrived in Barbados from north, east and west:… Continue reading Fieldtrips, meetings and a symposium in Barbados, March 2023

Written by Dr Sien van der Plank Welcome to the coast of the Ghanaian Western Region.… Continue reading Exchanging sargassum knowledge in the Western Region of Ghana, January 2023

More than Maps – Sargassum research in Ghana – see the video here. 

This blog post is provided by Dr Victoria Dominguez Almela1 & Dr Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah2 and tells… Continue reading Sargassum is worsening the conditions of the poorest people in Ghana

From the University of Southampton, SARTRAC investigator Prof Robert (Bob) Marsh and PhD student Yanna Fidai… Continue reading Barbados – first port of call for westbound Sargassum, and where we finally meet Project Partners after two long years!

Thierry Tonon at York, Mona Webber at UWI Mona, and Bob Marsh from Southampton with the… Continue reading New SARTRAC Paper Published

We are all very happy to announce the arrival of our new Senior Research Assistant, Victoria… Continue reading New SARTRAC Team Member

with Dr Kerrine Senior, UWI – Mona Campus The second event of the SARTRAC Scientific Sargassum… Continue reading SARTRAC Scientific Sargassum Series – Risk Management Strategy for Sargassum Stranding in Jamaica and the Caribbean 15th December 2021 2pm (GMT)

with Professor Robert Marsh, University of Southampton The first event of the SARTRAC Scientific Sargassum Series… Continue reading SARTRAC Scientific Sargassum Series – Following Sargassum, Connecting Communities 13th December 2021 2pm (GMT)

By Winnie Sowah, University of Ghana A webinar on networking as the key to management of… Continue reading Webinar on Sargassum challenges and management in the Gulf of Guinea – Networking as key

Robert Marsh (University of Southampton) & co-authors Sargassum seaweed proliferating across the tropical Atlantic since 2011… Continue reading Tracking sargassum – from the tropical Atlantic to Caribbean beaches

Improvements in remote sensing analysis of sargassum events, and field-based measurements of sargassum influxes are showing… Continue reading How does sargassum grow and die in the open oceans?

Within SARTRAC we have been interviewing fishers along the coast of Ghana in Beyin and Newtown,… Continue reading Fishers in Ghana are experiencing the damaging impacts of sargassum now in September 2021

This question has been asked by the newly funded ‘MONISARG’ project. MONISARG is a UK NERC… Continue reading What is the impact of La Soufrière volcanic eruptions and consequent ash clouds on sargassum prevalence in Barbados?

Data are being collected in Jamaica to assess the impact of ash clouds from the La… Continue reading How can we assess the impact of ash clouds from the La Soufrière volcanic eruptions on sargassum prevalence around Jamaica?

A colleague has just returned from a holiday in Antigua and shared photos of the small… Continue reading A visitor’s perspective on sargassum in Antigua

On 13-15 July 2021, the University of Southampton More than Maps Team hosted a three-part online… Continue reading More than Maps Workshop for Early Career Professionals

On 25 June 2021, our More than Maps Team attended Day 4 of the SARTRAC Annual… Continue reading ACM2 More than Maps

by Emma L. Tompkins, Robert Marsh, Sien van der Plank, Jadu Dash, Nikolaos Skliris, Yanna Fidai… Continue reading Designing a home-made floating case for GPS trackers for sargassum mat deployment

The next More than Maps workshop series is open for any members of the public interested… Continue reading Interdisciplinary Research Methods Workshop Series, July 2021

The University of Southampton SARTRAC* team is delighted to be part of the UK / Australia… Continue reading Managing Climate Change Adaptation at the Coast through More than Maps

The fifth and final day of SARTRAC’s second Annual Consortium Meeting was all about looking forward… Continue reading SARTRAC Whole Consortium Meeting #2 Day 5 (virtual)

We’re back for another day, Day 4, of the SARTRAC ACM2 being virtually hosted by the… Continue reading SARTRAC Whole Consortium Meeting #2 Day 4 (virtual)

How can SARTRAC create the most impactful outputs? Day 3 of the SARTRAC ACM2 was all… Continue reading SARTRAC Whole Consortium Meeting #2 Day 3 (virtual)

“When I start speaking it may be difficult to stop.” Was how one researcher began their… Continue reading SARTRAC Whole Consortium Meeting #2 Day 2 (virtual)

From 21st – 25th June, 2021, the SARTRAC consortium project staff and students, SARTRAC Research Advisory… Continue reading SARTRAC Whole Consortium Meeting #2 (virtual)

On 26th May, a half day conference was hosted by Algae-UK, BBNet and EBNet to showcase… Continue reading SARTRAC at “Sargassum Golden Tides, a global problem” Conference

SARTRAC recently had the opportunity to meet Amy Pilsbury and Mike Allen from the PhycoMExUK team,… Continue reading Introducing: PhycoMExUK

The More than Maps public engagement initiative aims to share replicable and open-access skills in mapping and social science analysis, to empower students and young professionals in research supporting climate change adaptation.

On 9th March 2021, our More than Maps team delivered a workshop on the role of… Continue reading More than Maps Workshop at SOTSEF 2021

To ensure that we are delivering our long term impact of “influencing sargassum policy and management… Continue reading SARTRAC Theory of Change

Short (7 minute) presentation on our early thoughts on transformational adaptation within SARTRAC. Any feedback gratefully… Continue reading Transformational Adaptation