Protect Blue Carbon
Blue carbon -- when greenhouse gases are captured by coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses -- can play a critical role in protecting against climate change.
Bird Stewards Protect Beach-Nesting Birds
Holiday weekends at Fort De Soto County Park typically mean wall-to-wall people on the beach adjacent to the…
Delaney Creek stormwater system targeted for makeover
by Victoria Parsons With stormwater ranked as an important source of contaminants to Tampa Bay, local governments most…
Seagrasses get the attention but benthos make a difference
20-year EPC monitoring study shows benthic index improvement By Marcia Biggs A heady seabreeze is blowing in from…
Could “blue carbon” change the tide?
Top Photo by Caroline Rogers, USGS. Scientists have been detailing the benefits of healthy estuaries for decades –…
Dive In. The Water’s Great!
Tampa Bay may not rank with the Florida Keys or the Cayman Islands as an international dive destination,…
The Life We Overlook
Above: A tube anemone waits for a tasty morsel to drift by its hiding spot near Egmont Key.…
Corridor Connects Past With Present and Future
Sometimes, the best-laid plans turn out even better than anyone involved would ever have expected. For instance, nobody…
Adopt-A-Pond
by Ernie Franke Opportunity Knocks at Your Front Door Most of us, at some point in our lives,…
Mining Tampa Bay for a Glimpse of What Used to Be
By E.D. EstevezMote Marine Laboratory No one alive today can truly appreciate how diverse, productive, and clean, places…