Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving
Seagrasses are biodiversity hot spots and offer valuable services such as helping to protect shorelines.
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The geography of hope: Climate change and Florida’s Nature Coast
As we adapt to climate change, the Nature Coast provides a place for landscape-scale actions to offset loss.
Fewer manatee deaths reported than in recent years; heat records broken this summer
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported that 431 manatees died across the state from Jan. 1 to Aug. ...
Hurricane Idalia causes flooding and power outages; Big Bend pummeled while Tallahassee avoids widespread destruction
The sparsely populated Nature Coast was hammered with 125 mph sustained winds in the strike zone at Keaton Beach.
Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the most vulnerable coasts in the world to climate change
In a Category 3 hurricane, the Nature Coast could experience flooding in excess of 9 feet as far as 5 ...