Farming within Earth’s limits is still possible, but it will take a Herculean effort
If we keep eating and producing food in the same way, we will almost certainly exceed crucial environmental limits.
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Florida’s recurring red tides come with ever-increasing costs
Even in years with smaller blooms, the health and financial impacts can be severe.
Suffocating seas: Low oxygen levels emerging as third major threat to coral reefs
The effects of low oxygen on corals are not always obvious and juvenile corals may be especially vulnerable.
FSU researchers work to protect Wakulla Springs
The Florida Legislature funded an initiative for researchers to help clean up the springs and educate the public.
The danger of Florida springs going extinct
With a million wells and millions of acres of people and farms, Florida’s springs are a shadow of their former ...
Precipitation, pesticides and pollution: FSU researchers earn nearly $1.5M in EPA grants to study South Florida waterways
The team will examine pesticide and fertilizer transport, water pollution and threats to groundwater.
Florida DEP – Don’t Exploit Parks
The Department of Environmental Protection's plans for nine state parks include golf courses, two sets of 350-room hotels and pickleball ...
Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer, meat
The growth of N₂O emissions is alarming, but people have the knowledge and many of the technologies to reverse the ...
Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into products that help cut back on chemicals
Sargassum is being turned into nutrient-rich biofertilizers and other organic products, but there are hurdles to scaling the industry.
For the planet, plant natives
Native plants enrich a garden’s power to survive a changing climate.