Dr. Tracy Fanara

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...

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...

Climate Change and Turbulence Unleash Singapore Jet like a Toy

05/30/2024

Greetings to you! I’ve talked about the increase in air turbulence due to human caused climate change before. Case and point – “one passenger died and more than 100 were injured when one of hit severe turbulence.” Passengers and crew onboard “flight SQ321...

NOAA Confirms Major Global Bleaching Event due to Climate Change

04/16/2024

Greetings to you! Unfortunately, I have breaking news on our oceans heating up from climate change. NOAA just reported that bleaching-level heat stress, which is monitored by the Coral Reef Watch (CRW) “continues to be extensive across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins. This is the fourth global...