Wednesday, March 19, 2014 BY ROBERT SILK Free Press Staff [email protected] SOUTH FLORIDA — A blue-green algae bloom caused a sponge die-off in a portion of southwest Florida Bay over the fall and winter. "All the large sponges died, the ones larger than five inches," said Gabe Delgado, an assistant research scientist based at the […]
*White House Briefing on Climate Preparedness and Resilience* The White House will host a high-level forum on plans to make the United States more resilient to climate change. John Podesta will lead an event that includes Dr. John Holdren (Office of Science and Technology), Kathryn Sullivan (NOAA), Mike Boots (Council on Environmental Quality), Ellen Stofan […]
Coral Ecologist to be prosecuted for "criminal trespass" for a snorkel survey done in August 2012 Sad update to the Dr. Dean Jacobson’s fight to stop dredging of beautiful reefs in Majuro, Marshall Islands. This destructive coral mining is funded by the United States FAA for expansion of the airport. Near-shore lagoon coral reefs being […]
The National Environmental Education Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are partnering to bring middle school students and teachers a climate change video contest. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a video that is 30-120 seconds long that answers these two questions: Why do you care about climate change? […]
Oceana Petition Loud seismic airgun testing for oil will hurt 138,500 marine mammals Seismic airgun testing for oil will injure 138,500 marine mammals, including dolphins and endangered right whales. These loud blasts can permanently deafen or even kill nearby wildlife. These deadly tests are the first step to offshore drilling in the Atlantic, which will […]
Volunteers including members of the Key West High School Reef Relief Club removed 960 pounds of trash from our shores. Thank you all for helping to protect our ocean. If you know of a shoreline in the Florida Keys that needs a cleanup contact […]
By Phil Ammann on February 23, 2014. SaintPetersBlog Even after two measures in the Florida Senate, and a 200-person rally Tuesday at the Historic Capitol, wetland advocates may have to wait for future legislative sessions before the state cleans up its natural springs, bays and streams. Although House Speaker Will Weatherford says he is “sensitive” […]