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Celebrate Read Across America Day –March 2^nd

03/02/2025

Hello to you! I’m celebrating Read Across America Day today. Read Across America Day, which was started by the National Education Association wants every child to celebrate reading on March 2nd. And March 2nd just so happens to be the birthday of celebrated children’s author Dr. Seuss! Dr. Seuss...

Climate Change Banishing Manatee Food Sources

02/25/2025

Greetings! Manatees and Crystal River, Florida have a synergistic relationship. DuringManatee Season, which runs from November through March, these warm-blooded marine mammals visit warm Homosassa springs at Crystal River. In return thousands of manatee lovers flock to Crystal River to witness the gentle giants as...

The Perfect Storm of Climate Change Fuels LA Fires

01/20/2025

Greetings to you! I didn’t think 2025 would start out with such sad and devastating news about the Los Angeles fires. Clearly, climate change did not ignite the fires, however big swings in weather patterns have “accelerated over the past two decades and serve as rocket...

Is Climate Change Changing Bubbly Champagne?

12/30/2024

Greetings! Let me take this opportunity in wishing you a very Happy New Year! And as 2025 comes in you may celebrate with a bottle of champagne. However, climate change is changing the bubbly according to new research. According to Silicon Valley startup ClimateAi, “human-caused climate crisis...

Celebrate November Because it’s Manatee Awareness Month

11/03/2024

Greetings! November is Manatee Awareness Month! MAM for short. In 1979 former Florida Governor Bob Graham declared Manatee Awareness Month. During that time, the state began classifying manatee protection zones, which are regions known to be manatee winter gathering spots. Manatees are threatened marine mammals...

Introducing the Award-Winning Kobee Manatee® Educational Series!

09/27/2024

Greetings to you! Have you been looking for an award-winning children’s educational picture book for you and your child? Well – look no further … … I highly suggest you read one of the award-winning Kobee Manatee® children’s educational picture books! And I guarantee,...

Rodanthe North Carolina Sinks into the Atlantic

08/28/2024

Greetings to you! Here’s more sobering news about sea level rise due to climate change. I enjoy traveling to the outer banks of North Carolina. The steady winds and thick salt air there are refreshing as I navigate south on Route 12 towards Waves, Salvo,...

Extraordinary Heat Wave Bakes Antarctica 50 Degrees Above Its Norm!

08/05/2024

Greetings to you! This summer of 2024 is turning out to unleash record-breaking heat in more ways than one. As I write this, an extraordinary heat wave is baking the Antarcticaregion some 50 degrees Fahrenheit above its normal temperatures! In July and August...

July 22nd was Hottest Day on Record

07/24/2024

Greetings to you! We now have a new record for the hottest day ever! According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, Monday July 22nd was the hottest day in recorded history! The average global temperature reached “17.09 degrees Celsius, or about 62.76 Fahrenheit, which is...

Climate Change Erases Entire Plant Species

07/15/2024

Greetings to you! Here’s some more sobering news on how rising sea levels and climate change eradicated a rare and unique plant species, the only one of its kind in the United States, living in the Florida Keys. According to the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute...