Fabien Cousteau (L) and Richard Branson (R) undertake a historic dive mission in Belize’s Great Blue Hole on December 2, 2018 Greetings! I have some awesome news to share with you! Fabien Cousteau, aquanaut, ocean conservationist, and documentary filmmaker who helped children’s author, Robert Scott Thayer on my third title, Kobee Manatee®:Shipwreck Sea Friends, will be…
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Greetings! This blog is a continuation on the unique Florida manatee (yours truly). This is the fifth installment in a series of quizzes to test your awesome manatee knowledge! Just select your answer from each of the choices under the question. You’ll find the answer key located at the bottom of this blog. OK – are…
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A huge wave barrels into a seawall in Winthrop, Massachusetts on March 3, 2018, one day after an intense nor’easter hit the Atlantic coast. Photo AP/Michael Dwyer Greetings! Here’s another sobering blog about climate change and its effect on rising sea levels. There was a recent study done by researchers at the University of Oregon and the…
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Carbon dioxide emissions are killing off coral reefs and kelp forests as heat waves and ocean acidification continue damaging marine ecosystems. Greetings! In some of my previous blogs, I’ve been talking about the extremely harmful effects of ocean acidification. Ocean acidification occurs as the result of greenhouse gases [carbon dioxide – CO2] created from human activity, being…
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Plastic bottles and wrappers are now littering coral reefs. A new study indicates the plastic is causing significant damage. Michael O’Neill/Science Source Greetings! I’m sure you heard the sobering news on how quickly plastic pollution is piling up in our precious ocean. Millions of tons of plastic trash float to the bottom of the ocean each…
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During the first week of July 2018, the Northern Hemisphere recorded its hottest weather ever. Greetings! Unfortunately, once again I bring you some more sobering news of global warming, and climate change as numerous worldwide heat records were recently set. During the first week of July 2018, the Northern Hemisphere recorded its hottest weather ever. Nick Humphrey,…
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These are oceanfront homes in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Houses like these on the entire US coastline could risk being flooded every two weeks. Photograph courtesy: Alamy Greetings! Here’s some more sobering news for you regarding climate change. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), “Sea level rise driven by climate change is set to pose…
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Beautiful Alaskan Glaciers are now melting faster than at any other time during the last 400 years. Alaskan Glaciers (alaska.org) Courtesy Newsweek Greetings! I have some more sobering news for you regarding the ever-increasing evidence of climate change. According to the American Geophysical Union, “Glaciers in an Alaskan National Park are melting faster than any time…
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The graph shows the third nor’ester blasting Cape Cod and Boston on March 13, 2018. Greetings! I recently heard from my author buddy, Robert Scott Thayer, who resides in eastern Pennsylvania and writes the Kobee Manatee series. He told me, “I wish I was back in Blue Spring State Park with you – Kobee!”…
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Using data from the Gravity Record and Climate Experiment, also known as GRACE, the graph above shows you changes in seal levels taken between 1992 and 2014. The orange/red colors represent higher sea levels, while blue colors show where sea levels are lower. Greetings! I have some sobering news to report to you concerning climate…
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