BY GWEN FILOSA. Key West Citizen. July 31, 2013. [email protected] The nonprofit Reef Relief has announced it opposes channel dredging in Key West based on the 2010 Army Corps of Engineers study that predicted such a project would have a "significant negative effect on environmental quality" and harm coral along 17 acres. "We […]
By CURTIS MORGAN [email protected] With Lake Okeechobee two feet too high and still rising after a month of heavy rain and far-off Tropical Storm Dorian posing a potential but highly uncertain threat, federal engineers on Thursday cranked opened the flood gates on the big lake, spilling tens of billions of gallons of polluted water down […]
Reuters. SYDNEY | Sun Jul 21, 2013 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy said on Monday it was forced to drop four unarmed bombs on to Australia's fragile Great Barrier Reef during a military exercise last week but the bombs did not explode and did not pose a hazard to shipping or navigation. Two Harrier fighter […]
By KeysNet Staff. July 20, 2013 A Jupiter man faces a misdemeanor resource charge after a state marine officer discovered he had taken five queen conchs from the waters of Higgs Beach in Key West on Thursday. Queen conchs used to be plentiful but overfishing led to a state law banning their commercial harvest in […]
By Nadia Drake. Wired. 07.11.13 Once a lush and healthy estuary, the Indian River Lagoon is now an enigmatic death trap. Running along 40 percent of Florida’s Atlantic coast, the lagoon’s brackish waters harbor a mysterious killer that has claimed the lives of hundreds of manatees, pelicans, and dolphins. Nobody knows why. In April, NOAA […]
Contact: Vernon Smith, 301-713-7248 Keeley Belva, 301-643-6463 NOAA is seeking public input on a proposed process and associated criteria to evaluate potential new national marine sanctuaries in the nation's marine and Great Lakes environments. A humpback whale feeds in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA will finalize the proposed process and criteria upon receiving public […]
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 […]