by Beth Holmes | Sep 24, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Uncategorized
A supermoon and a hurricane are making Florida and Georgia very uncomfortable,with high tides and 125 mph winds. Hurricane Idalia met Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, a category 3 landfall near Keaton Beach, a fortunately sparsely populated area. At the same...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 22, 2023 | Climate Change, Uncategorized
Ocean temperatures are rising in Florida, threatening coral, contributing to humidity, and keeping the air from cooling at night. According to the World Meteorological Organization, almost every day last week unofficially broke records for high temperatures. Japan...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 7, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation
Hurricane Ian did more damage than we saw, as an algae bloom, red tide, and destroyed marine habitat are found in its wake. The Category 4 storm struck southwest Florida over a month ago, on September 28th. Ripping across the center of the state from Tampa to the...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 6, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Manatees are starving in Florida waters, only five years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) took them off the Endangered Species list. In the 1960s and ’70s, the West Indian manatee, which is native to Florida waters, was down to only a few hundred...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 19, 2021 | Conservation, Sustainability
Invasive species in Florida are a problem, but potentially a delicious one. The Sunshine State isn’t unique in having difficulties with invasive species, but it does have quite a few. Hundreds of different invasives, from venomous lionfish to wild boar to...
