Higher than normal bacteria levels have been plaguing Florida waters with increasing frequency in recent years. In 2020, a study performed by Environment Florida Research and Policy Center (EFRPC) found that 185 beaches were deemed unsafe for swimming and…
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Experts have been discussing the possibility that the collapse of the Champlain Tower South might have been caused by sea level rise, which may have caused corrosion within the structure. This, combined with supercharged by oceanic currents from climate change…
On Tuesday, June 22nd, two brown pelicans that had been previously brought into the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station were finally released on Miami Beach, after months of rehabilitation. They were found to be suffering from severe health issues: both had…
According to a recent baseline census of sharks in Florida, the most common shark in Floridian waters is the nurse shark. The census included catching, tagging, and releasing 3,398 different sharks from the area and identified 15 different species. Other…
Glasswing butterflies (Greta oto) are a rare species that is found throughout areas of Central and South America. “Like ghosts in the rainforest,” according to Nipam Patel, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hold, Massachusetts, these strange insects…