Global Warming

NASA Says,“2016 will be Hottest Year on Record!”

10/24/2016

Source: Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Greetings! Here’s some more sobering news just released from NASA. The space agency says, “2016 is the hottest year on record!” And it’s only October! We manatees are warm-blooded, and enjoy water temperatures above 68...

Climate Change Creates “Ghost Forests” Haunting Mid-Atlantic Coast!

10/05/2016

Expanding “Ghost Forests” are now haunting the entire coastline of the mid-Atlantic region because of rising sea levels caused by climate change. Greetings! Sure … I know Halloween is less than 3 weeks away, but expanding ghost forests in the mid-Atlantic...

Climate Change Unleashes Second Strongest Summer Melt of Arctic Sea Ice!

09/20/2016

The 2016 Arctic sea ice summertime minimum shown here was reached on September 10th. This is actually 911,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average minimum of sea ice, which is shown by the gold line. Credits: NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio/C. Starr...

NASA Reveals Solid Scientific Evidence “Climate Change” is Undoubtedly Real!

08/25/2016

Historic flooding in Louisiana on August 13, 2016 with rainfall amounts up to 25 inches. The National Weather Service said “the chance in any year of that much rain falling in the area within 48 hours at 0.1 percent, meaning that...

July 2016 – Hottest Month Ever on Record!

08/18/2016

July is typically the hottest month of any year. However, NOAA indicated that July 2016 was the hottest month ever recorded. It had a global average temperature of 16.67 degrees Celsius (62.01 degrees Fahrenheit). Greetings! As I’m sure you know, we...

Unlock the Wonders of the New Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center!

07/28/2016

World-renowned oceanographic explorer, Fabien Cousteau observes sea life and habitat during the historic Mission 31 off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. “Young people are crucial to the health of our ocean. Just as my grandfather Jacques-Yves Cousteau inspired a generation of...

Ocean Acidification Could Wipe Out the Dungeness Crab Industry!

06/02/2016

According to the NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, “The Dungeness crab harvest in 2014 was worth more than $80 million in Washington, $48 million in Oregon and nearly $67 million in California.” Greetings! In this blog I’d like to talk about...

Ocean Acidification Obliterates Carysfort Reef!

05/20/2016

Greetings! In this blog, I’d like to talk about the increasing evidence of ocean acidification. In particular, research done by author and biological oceanographer from the University of Florida, Chris Langdon. This study is one of the first ones done showing the...

2016 Yale Study Uncovers Voter feelings about Global Warming

05/05/2016

The Quelccaya ice cap is the largest in the tropics. If it continues melting at its current rate – contracting more than 600 feet a year, it will be completely gone by 2100. This devastating result of climate change will leave...

Coral Bleaching Devastates 93% of Great Barrier Reef!

04/29/2016

The devastating effects of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef are a direct result of warming ocean water and climate change. It is sad to report to you that from new aerial surveys and extensive dives, coral bleaching has now...