Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Florida Keys marine ecology fieldtrip photos

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Every semester I take my Florida Gulf Coast University Marine Ecology class to the Florida Keys Marine Laboratory for a few days to snorkel...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

Carbon Dioxide *IS* pollution and *DOES* endanger people

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Pollution has a clear definition. It's anything that humans put into the environment that causes harm. Harms that can get something clas...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Went to the new MOTE Aquarium in Sarasota

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I'm on an advisory council for something called the " Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative ." The initiative...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Finally free of Photobucket? + Old blog memories

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My recent "fast" from FaceBook has given me the free time and head space to finally do something I should have done a long time ag...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

Much ado about falling iguanas, poor things

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Last night and tonight will be among the coldest nights in SW Florida since Rhonda and I moved here in 2012. I don't think it's actu...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Manatees warming inland, wind addicts shredding in the Gulf

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The Florida Manatee ( Trichechus manatus latirostris ) is a subspecies of the West Indian Manatee. The other subspecies is the Antillean Man...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

First time on a road bike after 40 years of other bicycling

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Sometime in the mid 1980s, in Red Square at The Evergreen State College , I took my first terrified pedal on a bike with no training wheels....