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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Unite against "Alligator Alcatraz" Everglades prison camp

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This "Alligator Alcatraz" Everglades prison / deportation waystation thing that FL Governor Ron DeSantis and FL Attorney General J...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Say no to "recission" of funding for PBS, NPR, etc.

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"Recission" means taking back something that has already been given, promised, or approved. There's a big recission on the tab...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Commentary on WFLA Tampa weather charts showing huge increase in hot days

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Two, hard-hitting weather/climate graphs were recently shared on social media by WFLA News Channel 8 (Tampa) meteorologist Jeff Beradelli. T...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Solar fields compatible with plants but remember conservation principles

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At Florida Gulf Coast University there is a solar "field" but it's moonscaped to bare rock with herbicide, which is sad. T...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Worst to best groundcover types for earth

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I'm a marine ecologist, but most of the problems I investigate in the marine environment are actually caused by stuff humans have done o...

Visualizing the value of biological diversity

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Biodiversity is the variety of life, typically quantified as the number of different species living together in an area. Biodiversity varies...

Ruin a shoreline in four steps

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I keep seeing this happening around retention ponds, canals, and lakes in Florida, and it is a real shame. I didn't have room to show a ...
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I'm a marine biology professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. My professional page is here, my science blog is here, and my personal blog is here.
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