Environment

A whale shark swims in the clear blue waters of the Caribbean Sea near Holbox Island, Mexico.
Cloudy sky over a beach in Quintana Roo, Mexico, as Tropical Wave 20 approaches.
A beach in Quintana Roo covered with sargassum seaweed, with tourists in the background
Cozumel Mayor José Luis Chacón Méndez speaking with fishermen at the rehabilitated road to Laguna Ciega
A dolphin swimming in the ocean, representing the proposed sanctuary
Workers cleaning sargassum from a Cancún beach with machinery
Tourists on a Tulum beach with sargassum seaweed in the foreground
A coastal road in Mahahual with one lane eroded away due to sargassum accumulation