Saturday, March 30, 2024

Is $25 million for FGCU water quality study a boon or a boondoggle?

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**Update 1 April 2024** Today I talked to a Water School colleague who worked behind the scenes to get this $25 million funding from the sta...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Apocalyptic year for Florida Keys getting more apocalyptic

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This has been a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad year for Florida Keys ecosystems . This is remarkable not because Florida Keys ecosyst...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Southwest Florida Environmental PSA Videos

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Although I'm a marine biologist whose primary research interest is the saltwater environment, I'm a big fan of nature in general, an...
Friday, December 30, 2022

Thoughts on SWFL economy and moving from house to an apartment

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One of the indirect consequences of Hurricane Ian was that it motivated my landlord to sell the house in Bonita Springs that my spouse Rho...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Post-Hurricane downsizing stuff for sale, from windsurfs to lawnmower

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UPDATE: Got rid of everything except the 9.5 Ezzy sail, mast, and boom. One of the consequences of Hurricane Ian, which is something that ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Hurricane Ian research cruise log: effects on Gulf of Mexico

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Album of photos to accompany this post: I am currently aboard the Florida Institute of Oceanography's research vessel in the Gulf of ...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Hurricane Ian personal story

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Hello friends, family, and windsurfing- and science-curious strangers who happen upon my blog. I'd like to take a moment to tell the sto...