Bright Lit Place photo essay, part 1: The people who fight for — and depend on — Everglades restoration
Bright Lit Place examines what happened to Florida’s promise to restore the Everglades with a massive plan approved in 2000.
Tag: Florida Keys
FAU lands $1.3M grant to clean up stinky seaweed in Florida
The project will assess the feasibility of in-water harvesting of this floating brown seaweed, called sargassum.
We must protect what little is left of our fragile, irreplaceable pine rocklands
To lose Miami’s pine rocklands would mean losing one of the most exceptional pieces of Florida’s natural heritage.
‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s blast-damaged corals in just 4 years
A community-based approach, combined with an ingenious device, brought back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
Florida lawmakers consider letting unregulated insurers take policies from Citizens; sawfish deaths mount in Keys
Up to 80,000 Floridians whose second homes are covered by state-run Citizens Property Insurance could be affected.
Unusual fish kill in Keys claims endangered sawfish; Florida bills banning lab-grown meat moving forward
Scientists worry that extreme summer heat that bleached coral triggered other hazards, but it's not clear if the fish kill ...
South Florida’s nearshore reefs less vulnerable to ocean acidification, study finds
Results offer a glimmer of hope as climate change impacts coral reefs worldwide.
Florida gambling money eyed for environmental projects; report spurs concerns over Keys development
The projects could include land acquisitions for the Florida Wildlife Corridor, envisioned as connecting 18 million acres statewide.
UF report finds evidence lacking on effectiveness of fertilizer bans; scientists seek to breed ‘supercoral’ resistant to climate stress
A state-commissioned report by UF/IFAS suggests a potentially years-long study is needed to evaluate fertilizer bans.
With the Restoration Blueprint, we can create more resilient coral reefs — together
We must pursue bold action on climate change to protect our oceans in the next few decades.
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