Robert Scott Thayer

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...

2023 was the Hottest Year in Last 175,000!

11/20/2023

Greetings! In my recent blog, 2023 on Track for Hottest Year on Record, I talk about extreme September 2023 record heat, while at the same time, Antarctic sea ice is at record lows for the last six consecutive months. Continuing with this sobering news,...

El Niño Unleashes Sizzling Sea Surface Temperatures for 2024

10/17/2023

Greetings! El Niño is a climate pattern which causes the Pacific jet stream to slide south and move to the east. It also creates “higher sea surface temperatures and precipitation across the equatorial Pacific Ocean that can affect weather across the globe.” It’s “the warm phase of...

2023 on Track for Hottest Year on Record!

10/09/2023

Greetings! This past September broke all temperature records around the world. More evidence climate change is tightening its grip on all of us. Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said, “The unprecedented temperatures for the time of year observed in...

Antarctica Warming at Twice the Rate Climate Models Predicted!

09/09/2023

Greetings to you! According to a recent study, “Antarctica is likely warming at almost twice the rate of the rest of the world and faster than climate change models are predicting, with potentially far-reaching implications for global sea level rise.” In the study, scientists “analyzed...

Florida Key Water Sizzles at Record-Breaking Temperatures Killing Coral

07/27/2023

Greetings! The entire globe is sizzling. But adding more fuel to the fire is record-breaking water temperatures in Manatee Bay, Florida. Earlier this week, a “buoy in Manatee Bay recorded a temperature of more than 100 degrees for two straight days.” As the waters...

Earth Records with Its Hottest Temperatures Ever

07/24/2023

Greetings! As I continue talking about climate change and the sobering news that goes along with it, within the last couple of weeks our planet has recorded its hottest temperatures yet! Cities around the world are also breaking July heat records. The entire globe...

Climate Change Sizzles Texas Heatwave Record to new Heights!

06/25/2023

Greetings! We’re just a couple of days into the summer season and already there’s the record-breaking heat wave that’s sizzling northern Mexico and Texas. And experts say it does have a connection to human-caused climate change. “All-time record high temperatures were set or...

Record Ocean Temperatures are Boiling off the Charts!

05/16/2023

Greetings! Wow – ocean temperatures skyrocketed in March to their highest levels ever recorded! Gregory C. Johnson, an oceanographer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said, “It’s remarkable. This is another milestone.” Matthew England, professor of ocean and climate dynamics at the University...

Eelgrass Rescues Crystal River Manatees

05/04/2023

Greetings! Have you ever been to Crystal River, Florida? It’s such an awesome place to immerse yourself in the habitat of the West Indian Manatee (Florida Manatee). From November to March, you’ll treat yourself to an unforgettable experience with these gentle giants and I can...