Every year for 34 years scientists have monitored the size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone or hypoxic zone, which forms every spring. Last year’s dead zone was approximately 5,780 square miles, the size of Connecticut. This year NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone will be approximately 7,829 square [...]
Florida wildlife officials are concerned by the record number of manatee deaths by boat strikes. A report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows in the first half of 2019, 89 manatees had been killed by watercraft, compared to 65 during the same time period last year. The five-year average for the [...]
More than fifty percent of Americans live in coastal counties, where key infrastructure and evacuation routes are increasingly vulnerable to things like higher sea levels, storm surges and flooding. In 2013, Climate Central released a report on sea level rise that showed there was about $156 billion worth of property and 300,000 homes, on 2,120 [...]
Serves 4 Topped with a refreshing lemony olive-herb salsa, this tender grilled monkfish comes together in a snap. Serve with garlic bread and a green salad. To butterfly monkfish, slice through the center of the fillet, cutting almost, but not completely through, then open up like a book. Ingredients: 3/4 pound boneless, skinless monkfish fillets, [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed at background concentrations in Southwest Florida over the past week. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in Sarasota County. In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed. Along the Florida East Coast over [...]
