Smoke gushes out of a steel plant in Mongolia, China. Over the industrial era the amount of CO2 floating in the atmosphere “has increased by about 40%,” according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Kevin Frayer Greetings to you! You’d think that the COVID-19 pandemic would have made a major impact in decreasing the…
Climate Change unleashes Lake Michigan’s Hot Water as it Bleeds down to its Bottom. Credit: CCO Public Domain Greetings to you! Unfortunately, I have more sobering news on the subject of Climate Change. According to a recent report published a few days ago by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], “Water hundreds of feet…
Greetings! Today I have more sobering news on human-caused climate change. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explained, “Earth reached a record hot September and there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the globe’s hottest year on record.” NOAA continued and said, “Boosted by human-caused climate change, global temperatures averaged 60.75 degrees (15.97 Celsius) last…
Red Tide Invades Florida’s East Coast from Miami to West Palm Beach with beach closures. Greetings! There’s been a deadly red tide bloom on Florida’s west coast all of this past spring and summer. In 2017, the FWC blamed 67 manatee deaths on red tide. So far this year, 80 manatee deaths are already being…
A huge wave barrels into a seawall in Winthrop, Massachusetts on March 3, 2018, one day after an intense nor’easter hit the Atlantic coast. Photo AP/Michael Dwyer Greetings! Here’s another sobering blog about climate change and its effect on rising sea levels. There was a recent study done by researchers at the University of Oregon and the…
Harmful algal blooms known as HABs become present when groups of algae known as Karenia brevis grow out of control producing toxic effects on manatees (marine mammals), people, fish, shellfish and birds. These HABs are also known as Red Tide because of their reddish color. Greetings! You’ve probably read some of my previous blogs on manatees and…
Streets in Miami Beach’s Sunset Harbour are being raised an incredible 2+ feet to combat the rising ocean water resulting from Climate Change. Photo Courtesy: Stavros Mitchelides Greetings! You probably know that I’ve been blogging about climate change for a while now. Unfortunately, climate change news isn’t getting any better. Today I’d like to look…
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is home to over 6,000 species of marine life and covers 2,900 square nautical miles of water. Photo Credit – NOAA Greetings! There have been countless times when I’d swim the beautiful, turquoise waters along the Florida’s Keys. Well it just so happens that these waters are…
