Friday, May 17, 2013. Tampa Bay Times The big threat to Florida's future that elected leaders aren't talking about: the average amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In the past 10 days, two different groups of scientists have reported the heat-trapping gas has reached the neighborhood of 400 parts per million — a level […]
The Marine Ecology Research Society of the University of West Florida in Pensacola sponsored an event called the Marine Costume Ball to raise donations for your organization. Thanks for your support!
May 11th 2013.The Economist AT NOON on May 4th the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere around the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii hit 400 parts per million (ppm). The average for the day was 399.73 and researchers at the observatory expect this figure, too, to exceed 400 in the next few days. The last time […]
NAPLES, FL – Apr 28, 2013 6:41 PM EDT. http://www.nbc-2.com/ Neighbors in a Naples community are outraged after receiving a letter, which led to the discovery of possible oil drilling near their homes by a Texas company. A letter is how they found out about the possibility of drilling near their homes. It was passed […]
MICHAEL FIELD. 5/05/2013. http://www.stuff.co.nz/ International airline Air Pacific – soon to be rebranded as Fiji Air – has been exposed as one of the world’s major carriers of shark fins into Hong Kong. In an extensive investigation, the South China Morning Post has reported that the airlines’ new Airbus A330 aircraft were, according to a […]
By DAVID McFADDEN | Associated Press – Sat, May 18, 2013 GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black […]
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has embarked on a process to potentially declare some conservation lands as surplus, and subsequently sell or trade them, or dedicate lands to uses other than the conservation purposes for which they were purchased. Unlike the Land Assessments recently conducted by the St. Johns River Water Management […]
Overview Reef Relief took over management of Key West Marine Park in January 2012. The park is a 40 acre area on the south side of Key West, stretching from Higgs Beach to South Beach. It includes two vessel access lanes, one in front of Casa Marina and the other in front of the […]
1) Don’t buy live saltwater fish caught in the wild for your aquarium. Be sure to choose marine life that is acquired safely, and sustainably Never return an aquarium fish or other marine creature into oceans, rivers, or estuaries. 2) Conserve energy. Turn off lights, radio, or TV when you are not in the […]
From: NGOpolis.com Published April 12, 2013 10:28 AM With our planet’s coral reefs in danger of extinction by 2050, why is the U.S. Government mining healthy reefs to use as building filler? Petitioners are calling for the U.S. Government to halt excavation of the healthy coral reefs that surround the Marshall Islands. Coral mining is […]