Kobee Manatee’s posts

Celebrate the Manatee Every Day in November!

11/20/2022

Greetings! It’s that special time of the year again when we celebrate manatees because November is Manatee Awareness Month! Yes, as the temperatures are now cooling down, all manatees begin seeking the naturally warmer spring waters in Florida. And these springs stay at 72 degrees Fahrenheit...

Kobee Manatee Makes BIG Splash on NBC Los Angeles!

11/08/2022

Greetings … Great News for you! Kobee Manatee® debuts on NBC’s Channel 4 in Los Angeles and he makes a BIG Splash! The news segment is called, California Live and airs in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. KNBC recently celebrated 72 years of award-winning news for the west...

Doomsday Glacier Getting Ready to Flood Sea Levels by 1 Foot!

09/23/2022

Greetings … I have some more sobering news on climate change. The Antarctica glacier (Thwaites Glacier) also known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the widest glacier on Earth, some 80 miles wide, could break off its shelf any day now! The glacier is centered...

Flooded Streets – The New Normal for the Northeast Sea Coast?

08/11/2022

Greetings! As the sobering effects of climate change continue battering our planet, the new normal for Hampton, New Hampshire are scenes of flooded streets due to sea level rise. Residents of the New Hampshire Seacoast “watched high tides draw closer over the years,...

Historic 400-Year-Old Colony is Rapidly Sinking from Climate Change

07/10/2022

Greetings! The 400-year-old historic colony of Jamestown, Virginia is now quickly becoming another victim of climate change as the rising waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic ocean surge up the James River. As a result, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recently placed it “on a list of the...

Award-Winning Author Robert Scott Thayer Signs his Kobee Manatee Books at 2022 ALA!

06/23/2022

Greetings … it’s great to start traveling again! The creator of the award-winning Kobee Manatee® Children’s Educational series will be attending the 2022 American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 25th. Opening speakers Include ALA President Patricia “Patty” Wong and FCC Chairwoman Jessica...

March is Seagrass Awareness Month!

03/22/2022

Greetings to you! This month I’d like to talk about the celebration of March being Seagrass Awareness Month! What is seagrass? According to the National Wildlife Federation, “Seagrasses are underwater plants that evolved from land plants. They are like terrestrial plants in that they have...

NOAA & NASA Unleash Extraordinary Weather Forecasting with Atlas V Rocket Launch!

03/04/2022

Greetings to you! This blog talks about the history-making launch of the GOES T (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) from Cape Canaveral. It’s carried into space via an Atlas V rocket. And get this … the satellite sits atop the 196-foot-tall rocket! It is the result...

Climate Crisis Melts Winter Olympics Safety?

01/26/2022

Greetings to you! Since the 2022 Winter Olympics are right around the corner, I’d like to talk about how effects from climate change are creating more dangerous conditions. A recent report says, “Climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics and snow sports by eroding...

Discover the Awesome Magic of the Orange City, Blue Spring Manatee Festival January 22nd and January 23rd!

01/21/2022

Very warm greetings to you! Yes – it’s that time of year once again when all of us manatees celebrate! Celebrate where? At the 37th Annual Manatee Festival on Saturday, January 22nd and Sunday, January 23rdat Blue Spring State Park! This 2,600-acre park is...