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Another Oil Well Spill in the Gulf? – Not
What was originally suspected as a large oil spill from another deep water oil well, turned out to nothing but a massive slick of silt from a dredging project at the mouth of the Mississippi river. Not that that's good but it's far better than another leaking well! Click through to see how the story developed.
Continue reading...Fertilizer Limiting Laws in Jeopardy
19 March 2011
Want more Red Tide? Then don’t call Lowe’s and Home Depot today and demand that they stop lobbying for the passage of SB 606 and HB 457 which would repeal the right of any county to pass ordinances limiting fertilizer use. Also don’t call your state representatives (listed below) and ask them to not entertain the Florida Retail Association [...]
Continue reading...Neurotoxin implicated in Fish Kill
15 March 2011
Neurotoxin found in California Fish Kill The powerful toxin, domoic acid, was found in the stomach of the sardines that washed ashore by the million in California last week. Domoic acid is a by product of a harmful algae bloom exposure. Officials first pinned the blame for the fish kill to lack of oxygen, saying the large school of sardines [...]
Continue reading...Large Florida Fish Kill Event
7 February 2011
On Florida’s east coast, near Sebastian inlet: This is a somewhat natural event from what I hear. Conditions force a large schools of fish too close to shore, into shallow water and they quickly deplete the oxygen level in the water and start dying off. The question is: What forced them so close to shore. [...]
Continue reading...Bay scallop season to open 12 days early?
1 December 2010
Even though it’s obvious our bay scallop populations come back is in deep trouble (read our article on the last bay scallop count), Charlie Crist has decided to help businesses by opening scallop season 12 days earlier than usual. Here’s his statement on the action: “Several people and businesses in Northwest Florida and Big Bend [...]
Continue reading...The Missing Oil has been Found
14 September 2010
University of Georgia scientists (who apparently don’t receive significant funding from BP) have found a layer of oil up to 4 inches thick on top of a layer of dead sea creatures, on top of the sea floor past Sunday and Monday. These scientists from the University say that while most people most people can’t [...]
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20 March 2011
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