Dr. Tracy Fanara

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...

Announcing the NEW U.S. Postal Service Manatee Stamp!

03/27/2024

Greetings to you! Here’s very cool news. March 27th is Manatee Appreciation Day! And the U.S. Postal Service honors this extraordinary marine mammal by releasing the “Manatee Stamp” on March 27th, celebrating manatee awareness! According to the U.S. Postal Service, “The stamp’s design aims to spread awareness for the need to protect...

March to the Tune of Celebrating Seagrass!

03/05/2024

Greetings to you! Did you know seagrass is so important that we celebrate it during the month of March? It’s true! March is Seagrass Awareness Month! So what is seagrass and why is it important? According to the National Wildlife Federation, “Seagrasses are underwater plants that...

Climate Change Unleashes First Year-Long Breach of 1.5C Limit!

02/09/2024

Greetings to you! I have some rather sad news to report – according to the EU’s climate service, “For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year.” In 2015, during the Paris Climate Accords, “World leaders promised to try to...

Discover Extraordinary Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs State Park!

01/12/2024

A warm greetings to you! And Happy New Year! I can’t think of a better way to start out a new 2024 blog then to talk about the abundance of manatees making their winter home at Homosassa Springs State Park. Manatees are warm-blooded...