From red tide to sargassum, here's how to check water quality in Florida waters
Weekly data on beach water quality is from the Florida Department of Health. Red tide and algal bloom data are from FWC. Red ...
Climate change, record Florida snow and the approaching hurricane season
The temperature swing is a 180-switch from the nearly 10 inches of snow that fell in a day in north Florida in late January, ...
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Midnight Pass effects now visible in Little Sarasota Bay
After three months since Hurricane Milton reopened it, experts say signs point to the pass staying open for now.
Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes
Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body ...
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Red tide spreads along the Southwest Florida coast from Tampa Bay to Key West
A swath of red tide stretching for more than 200 miles has formed from Tampa Bay to Key West and the bloom started near Tampa ...
From the Archives: A brief history of Sanibel
Press, the formation of Lee County, the storied history of the Lee County Courthouse, Southwest Florida’s largest city, Cape Coral, and the county seat Fort Myers in this space. We’ve also recapped ...
‘Exercise caution’: Florida’s Gulf Coast sees health alerts triggered by red tide
Officials say the red tide bloom is expanding, but the event is not unexpected, as NOAA satellites have been tracking ...
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Red tide triggers health alerts along Florida’s Gulf Coast following active hurricane season
According to the latest update from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Karenia brevis, the organism responsible for red tide, was detected in 75 samples collected from the Gulf ...
Crocs and flip-flops (and plenty of DEET) in Flamingo, Fla.
We traveled the 90-mile or so road from Miami, along pine forests, cypress swamps, sawgrass marshes, and ponds to this final ...
Climate change may be to blame for 10 inches of snow in Florida
Scientists say a warming planet may have been responsible for a winter storm that dropped 10 inches of snow on Northwest ...
What's in the Gulf of Mexico? Meet its 'Hot Tub of Despair' and ancient corals.
You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the ...
As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm
If someone asked you, “Where can I go in the United States to escape the frigid air this January?” what would you say?